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I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid.

Brian May

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Brian May
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 19
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I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess I'm lucky.
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On the first few albums the songs would grow into strange shapes.
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You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.
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I think a lot of people would be better off in America, where at least you would find some radio station somewhere that would play you.
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Amazing uke playing to be relished.
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I like a big neck – thick, flat and wide. I lacquered the fingerboard with Rustin's Plastic Coating. The tremolo is interesting in that the arm's made from an old bicycle saddle bag carrier, the knob at the end's off a knitting needle and the springs are valve springs from an old motorbike.
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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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Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit
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When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I would much rather be remembered for attempting to change the way we treat our fellow creatures.
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I think music is about our internal life. It’s part of the way people touch each other. That’s very precious to me. And astronomy is, in a sense, the very opposite thing. Instead of looking inwards, you are looking out, to things beyond our grasp.
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