Brian May Quotes - Page 3

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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.

  Brian May

  Dad, Guitar, Ideas

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• A good video can make all the difference

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  Games, Differences, Video

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• We've done an arrangement with an orchestra, but I think the best stuff tends to come when it's just the four of us.

  Brian May

  Thinking, Done, Four

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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.

  Brian May

  Thinking, Play, America

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• Amazing uke playing to be relished.

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• What we were trying to do differently was this sort of layered sound.

  Brian May

  Trying, Sound

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• The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it.

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  Wedding, Wedding Day, March

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• If I go to places where other people are playing, I often get up and play myself. I just enjoy the sound and feel of playing.

  Brian May

  Play, People, Sound

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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.

  Brian May

  Queens, Answers, Alive

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• Doing Made In Heaven was like assembling a jigsaw puzzle, but I wouldn't have put my seal of approval on it if I hadn't thought it was up to standard.

  Brian May

  Jigsaw Puzzles, Heaven, Approval

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• To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had.

  Brian May

  Should Have, Magic, Mind

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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.

  Brian May

  Want, Baths, Steam

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• When we were touring heavily in America, we based ourselves there for a couple of years, but now we're all back here and it seems to be the place.

  Brian May

  Couple, Years, America

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• At the moment the Queen stuff does sell really well, but there's no guarantee it'll go on forever

  Brian May

  Queens, Forever, Doe

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• The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums.

  Brian May

  Player, Albums, Orchestra

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• 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

  Stars, Children, Father

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• 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 May

  Guitar, Technique, Sound

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• 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

  Thinking, Guitar, Hendrix

  "Their Britannic Majesties Request". Mojo Magazine Interview, www.brianmay.com. August 1999.

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• My big hobby is photography. I collect stereo photographs from the 19th century.

  Brian May

  Photography, Hobbies, Century

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• 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.

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  Swimming, Garden, Lucky

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• I think Hammer's very cool: he has a great voice and great presence.

  Brian May

  Thinking, Voice, Hammers

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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.

  Brian May

  Surfing, Surf, Sluggish

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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.

  Brian May

  Real, Kids, Guitar Music

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• Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit

  Brian May

  Black, Experts, Holes

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• We wouldn't have put it out with the name Queen on it if we didn't think it was musically up to scratch.

  Brian May

  Queens, Thinking, Names

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