Brian May
Brian May
Brian Harold May, CBEis an English musician, singer, songwriter and astrophysicist, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He uses a home-built electric guitar, called the Red Special. His compositions for the band include "We Will Rock You", "Tie Your Mother Down", "I Want It All", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "The Prophet's Song", "Flash", "Hammer to Fall", "Save Me", "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "The Show Must Go On"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth19 July 1947
CityLondon, England
To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had.
At the moment the Queen stuff does sell really well, but there's no guarantee it'll go on forever
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.
I don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis
Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer
This man (FreddieMercury) truly possessed the greatest voice in the history of rock. Journalists, culture experts and analysts have already made several hundred comments on this topic and nothing can be added here.
The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind.
I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.
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.
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.
I had this idea... I wanted the sound to sing and have that thickness but yet still have an edge so that it could articulate. So my dad and I designed the guitar... the one that was made from an old fireplace.
I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast.
Amazing uke playing to be relished.
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.