Each gig should be unique. You’re always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and — Brian Harold May
At the moment the queen stuff does sell really well, but there’s no guarantee it’ll go on forever. — Brian Harold May
Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I’m not an expert, I must admit. — Brian Harold May
Every time I listen to jeff beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He’s way, way out, doing things you never expect. — Brian Harold May
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 Harold May
Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do. — Brian Harold May
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. — Brian Harold May
I don’t surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish. — Brian Harold May
I go through major crises every few months, but then I have great peaks of belief and creativity. I’m a weird kind of animal. — Brian Harold May
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 Harold May
I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition. — Brian Harold May
I spent 20 years of my life building up queen, and now I’m spending years of my life trying to get away from it. — Brian Harold May
We do play to our audience. It’s very important. You can’t create music in a vacuum. — Brian Harold May
I was actually perfectly happy when I had no money, which lasted right up until we had a hit with killer queen, in 1974. — Brian Harold May
I’m pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don’t use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway. — Brian Harold May
The first nine albums there was never a synthesiser, never any orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums. — Brian Harold May
There are a lot of things in queen albums that you don’t expect; that’s why we threw them in. — Brian Harold May
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 Harold May
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. — Brian Harold May
I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part — Brian Harold May
I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn’t go all that fast. — Brian Harold May
I really thought I was pretty good before I saw hendrix, and then I thought: yeah, not so good. — Brian Harold May
There are times when I flick through magazines and think I’m in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair. — Brian Harold May
