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Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer
Brian May
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Brian May
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 19
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Hampton
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Brian Harold May
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Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear
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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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I think Hammer's very cool: he has a great voice and great presence.
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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 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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Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit
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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.
Brian May
What we were trying to do differently was this sort of layered sound.
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What is left of your dream? Just the words on your stone. A man who learned how to teach then forgot how to learn.
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Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.
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My big hobby is photography. I collect stereo photographs from the 19th century.
Brian May
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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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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I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.
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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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It's wonderful for me to see what 'We Will Rock You' has done. 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions' have kind of transcended the normal framework of where music is listened to and appreciated - they've become part of public life, which I feel wonderful about.
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A good video can make all the difference
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I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.
Brian May
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.
Brian May
