Quotes from Brian May

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.

There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair.

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

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.

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.

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.

Mantovani was a great influence on me.

I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.

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

Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear

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

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.

What is left of your dream? Just the words on your stone. A man who learned how to teach then forgot how to learn.

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

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

We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.

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.

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

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

You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.

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

There's nothing I'm embarrassed about.

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.