139 Quotes by Brian 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.

I’m into paradoxes. I wanted to make an album about them, but the group told me I was a pretentious fart. They were right.

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

It’s wonderful for me to see what ‘We Will Rock You’ has done. ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘We Are the Champions’ have kind of transcended the normal framework of where music is listened to and appreciated – they’ve become part of public life, which I feel wonderful about.

Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer.

I think music is about our internal life. It's part of the way people touch each other. That's very precious to me. And astronomy is, in a sense, the very opposite thing. Instead of looking inwards, you are looking out, to things beyond our grasp.

There's nothing I'm embarrassed about.

There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in.

I don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis.