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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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Brian May
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 19
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Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do
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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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Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.
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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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In print, people can do anything to you. Everything you do is picked apart. People love it they're waiting for you to make a mistake.
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I think Hammer's very cool: he has a great voice and great presence.
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What we were trying to do differently was this sort of layered sound.
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There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat.
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There's nothing I'm embarrassed about
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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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Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children.
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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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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 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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I tend to be not a person who does everything right all the time.
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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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The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.
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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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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 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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