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Brian May
English
Musician
Born:
Jul 19
,
1947
About
Life
Music
People
Queen
You
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The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.
Brian May
Creation
Emotion
Optimism
Biggest
Bridge
The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.
Brian May
Guitar
Nothing
Else
Possessed
Kind
Excitement
Grit
There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair.
Brian May
Hair
Prisoner
Own
Think
Danger
Magazines
My Own
Through
Becoming
Times
Flick
The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind.
Brian May
Hide
Guitar
Weapon
Shield
Behind
Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer.
Brian May
You
Astronomer
Astronomy
More
Much
Fun
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 May
Great
Animal
Creativity
Few
Every
Months
Crises
Kind
Through
Weird
Major
Go
Then
Belief
Peaks
I don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis.
Brian May
Beatles
Think
Oasis
Close
Anybody
Including
I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.
Brian May
Good
Thought
Before
Saw
Pretty
Pretty Good
Yeah
Then
Really
Hendrix
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
Gadgets
Guitar
Pretty
Like
Concerned
Makes
Sound
As Far As
Anyway
Far
Use
Many
Technique
Basic
The music itself is very challenging, so I've never really felt the lack of stimulation. I love to be creating; I love to be making things and solving problems, I suppose, and when I'm not, then I'm not an incredibly good person to be around. If I'm not busy, then I think I would be disaster. That's just the way things are.
Brian May
Love
Music
Good
Problems
Good Person
Busy
Think
Incredibly
Way
Would
Would-Be
Solving
Never
Suppose
Disaster
Around
Felt
Making
Stimulation
Itself
Very
Person
Lack
Just
Then
Really
Creating
Challenging
Things
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
Great
You
Way
Magic
Something
Never
Repeat
Really
Moment
Belief
Ever
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
Thought
Looking
Stars
Everybody
Bit
Out
Eccentric
Still
Wanting
Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.
Brian May
Dreams
Queen
Ambition
About
Tend
Songs
Very
Personal
Personal Ambitions
Personal Things
Things
Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children.
Brian May
Hurt
Weak
Always
Children
Sanctions
Poor
I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.
Brian May
Me
Find
Sluggish
Net
Someone
General
Instead
Because
Surf
Mantovani was a great influence on me.
Brian May
Great
Me
Influence
There's nothing I'm embarrassed about.
Brian May
Nothing
Embarrassed
About
We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.
Brian May
Music
You
Important
Our
Audience
Very
Create
Play
Vacuum
I'm not a person for sitting on beaches. What would I do?
Brian May
Would
Beaches
Person
Sitting
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