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I have to build my own boat this time. It's a big sea out there, and I have a pretty small boat. I have a lot of belief in it.

Brian May

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Brian May
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 19
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Hampton
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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 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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Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children.
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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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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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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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Queen had its time and place, and at the moment I'm not concentrating on that era.
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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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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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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 don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.
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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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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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We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.
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The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the audience.
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