Quote

I tend not to write on guitar very often. I tend to start off with keyboards.

Brian May

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Brian May
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 19
Actor
Astrophysicist
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Physicist
Pianist
Record Producer
Research Fellow
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Hampton
Middlesex
Brian Harold May
Tend
Guitar
Start
Often
Write
Writing
Keyboards

More quotes by Brian May

Image
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.
Brian May
Image
There is no way that you can ever really repeat something. I have this great belief that the magic of the moment can never be recaptured.
Brian May
Image
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.
Brian May
Image
Queen had its time and place, and at the moment I'm not concentrating on that era.
Brian May
Image
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
Image
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.
Brian May
Image
There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair.
Brian May
Image
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.
Brian May
Image
You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.
Brian May
Image
I'd put a lot of work into playing guitar and was thinking I was pretty damn good. But Hendrix came along and destroyed everyone.
Brian May
Image
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.
Brian May
Image
Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear
Brian May
Image
Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit
Brian May
Image
You want to go in the steam bath to get your vocals sounding well, but you don't want your fingers to get soft.
Brian May
Image
There's nothing I'm embarrassed about
Brian May
Image
Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do
Brian May
Image
I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.
Brian May
Image
What we were trying to do differently was this sort of layered sound.
Brian May
Image
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.
Brian May
Image
Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer
Brian May