139 Quotes by Brian 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.

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

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 not a person for sitting on beaches. What would I do?

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.

Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.

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

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.

Queen songs are not about the life of a rock star - they tend to be about the lives of normal people, which is why I think the songs connect so much. We're very lucky that they seemingly connect with every generation.