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Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer

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Brian May
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 19
Actor
Astrophysicist
Composer
Guitarist
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Physicist
Pianist
Record Producer
Research Fellow
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Hampton
Middlesex
Brian Harold May
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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.
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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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I think Hammer's very cool: he has a great voice and great presence.
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I'm not a person for sitting on beaches. What would I do?
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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 tend to be not a person who does everything right all the time.
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There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair.
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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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What we were trying to do differently was this sort of layered sound.
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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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Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.
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Amazing uke playing to be relished.
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My big hobby is photography. I collect stereo photographs from the 19th century.
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Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children.
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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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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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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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