Brian May Quotes
Top 68 wise famous quotes and sayings by Brian May
Brian May Famous Quotes & Sayings
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![Brian May quotes: 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 quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-5457.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: I was actually perfectly happy when I had no money, which lasted right up until we had a hit with Killer Queen, in 1974. I never wanted for anything. Brian May quotes: I was actually perfectly happy when I had no money, which lasted right up until we had a hit with Killer Queen, in 1974. I never wanted for anything.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-203250.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1417284.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: I've always lived in that guitar world. I have noticed kids being more into the real essence of guitar music now. Brian May quotes: I've always lived in that guitar world. I have noticed kids being more into the real essence of guitar music now.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1275218.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 May quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-849802.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat. Brian May quotes: There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-533890.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-434944.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement. Brian May quotes: I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1483041.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 quotes: You want to go in the steam bath to get your vocals sounding well, but you don't want your fingers to get soft.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-2150711.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition. Brian May quotes: I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1299401.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: I'm hopeless at playing scales. Try and be instinctive first and analytic afterwords, although it's good to study the theory of music. Brian May quotes: I'm hopeless at playing scales. Try and be instinctive first and analytic afterwords, although it's good to study the theory of music.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-2130310.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1331077.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair. Brian May quotes: There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1406864.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 quotes: Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1429185.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-2088992.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1706412.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the audience. Brian May quotes: The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the audience.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1491466.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 May quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1507839.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: My mum says I wanted to be a surgeon, but I don't remember that. I think from the time I knew what was happening, I wanted to be a guitar Brian May quotes: My mum says I wanted to be a surgeon, but I don't remember that. I think from the time I knew what was happening, I wanted to be a guitar](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1519831.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: What is left of your dream?Just the words on your stone.A man who learned how to teachthen forgot how to learn. Brian May quotes: What is left of your dream?Just the words on your stone.A man who learned how to teachthen forgot how to learn.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1628348.jpg)
Just the words on your stone.
A man who learned how to teach
then forgot how to learn.
![Brian May quotes: 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 May quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1732843.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 quotes: We wouldn't have put it out with the name Queen on it if we didn't think it was musically up to scratch.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-21147.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear. Brian May quotes: Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-192709.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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. Brian May quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-209643.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 May quotes: Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-222265.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 May quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-311528.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-418660.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-476918.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had. Brian May quotes: To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-672627.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: I think Queen tribute bands are great. However, we have to keep them at arm's length, otherwise it could be too dangerous. Brian May quotes: I think Queen tribute bands are great. However, we have to keep them at arm's length, otherwise it could be too dangerous.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-707802.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: I have to build my own boat this time. It's a big sea out there, and I have a pretty small boat. I have a lot of belief in it. Brian May quotes: I have to build my own boat this time. It's a big sea out there, and I have a pretty small boat. I have a lot of belief in it.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-768445.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1085443.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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 quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1101490.jpg)
![Brian May quotes: 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. Brian May quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/brian-may-quotes-1177420.jpg)