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Brian May Inspirational Quotes (54)

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You want to go in the steam bath to get your vocals sounding well, but you don't want your fingers to get soft.
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On the first few albums the songs would grow into strange shapes.
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I'd put a lot of work into playing guitar and was thinking I was pretty damn good. But Hendrix came along and destroyed everyone.
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Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do
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The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.
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Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit
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I think Queen tribute bands are great. However, we have to keep them at arm's length, otherwise it could be too dangerous.
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Queen songs are not about the life of a rock star - they tend to be about the lives of normal people, which is why I think the songs connect so much. We're very lucky that they seemingly connect with every generation.
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Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.
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My mum says I wanted to be a surgeon, but I don't remember that. I think from the time I knew what was happening, I wanted to be a guitar player.
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I have to build my own boat this time. It's a big sea out there, and I have a pretty small boat. I have a lot of belief in it.
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My children hate me being such a big star. It's very hard for them to have a father who is always in the public eye.
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There's nothing I'm embarrassed about
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Queen had its time and place, and at the moment I'm not concentrating on that era.
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My big hobby is photography. I collect stereo photographs from the 19th century.
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In print, people can do anything to you. Everything you do is picked apart. People love it they're waiting for you to make a mistake.
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We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.
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Not for a million - years. I mean, I like the INXS boys, but I found the process very degrading, really. Reality television has eaten away at our standards of excellence. I don't like this whole culture, which has evolved, of TV being the king.
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The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind.
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Doing Made In Heaven was like assembling a jigsaw puzzle, but I wouldn't have put my seal of approval on it if I hadn't thought it was up to standard.
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I had this idea... I wanted the sound to sing and have that thickness but yet still have an edge so that it could articulate. So my dad and I designed the guitar... the one that was made from an old fireplace.
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I think Hammer's very cool: he has a great voice and great presence.
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I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now Im spending years of my life trying to get away from it.
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The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the audience.
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