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The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

Brian May

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Brian May
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 19
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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 don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.
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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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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 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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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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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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People have been rumouring that Queen are going to split up for the last eight years at least. I've got some great cuttings at home from people saying 'One thing is certain, Queen will no longer exist in a year's time.' And that was in 1973.
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