Quote

I'm hopeless at playing scales. Try and be instinctive first and analytic afterwords, although it's good to study the theory of music.

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
Study
Analytic
Music
Analytics
Firsts
Instinctive
First
Hopeless
Trying
Scales
Good
Although
Theory
Playing

More quotes by Brian May

Image
Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit
Brian May
Image
The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind.
Brian May
Image
I'm not a person for sitting on beaches. What would I do?
Brian May
Image
I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now Im spending years of my life trying to get away from it.
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
I tend to be not a person who does everything right all the time.
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
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.
Brian May
Image
I tend not to write on guitar very often. I tend to start off with keyboards.
Brian May
Image
There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat.
Brian May
Image
I've always lived in that guitar world. I have noticed kids being more into the real essence of guitar music now.
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
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.
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
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
The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.
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
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
You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.
Brian May
Image
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.
Brian May