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Brian May
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 19
Actor
Astrophysicist
Composer
Guitarist
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Hampton
Middlesex
Brian Harold May
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I tend to be not a person who does everything right all the time.
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I've always lived in that guitar world. I have noticed kids being more into the real essence of guitar music now.
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Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children.
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From the beginning of Queen there was such momentum that I never had any time to do anything else. My energy was 95% focused on the band
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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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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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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 tend not to write on guitar very often. I tend to start off with keyboards.
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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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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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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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For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil.
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Amazing uke playing to be relished.
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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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My big hobby is photography. I collect stereo photographs from the 19th century.
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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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Queen had its time and place, and at the moment I'm not concentrating on that era.
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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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What we were trying to do differently was this sort of layered sound.
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