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

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

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

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

- Brian May

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

There's nothing I'm embarrassed about.

- Brian May

At the moment the Queen stuff does sell really well, but there's no guarantee it'll go on forever.

- Brian May

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

- Brian May

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

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

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

- Brian May

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

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

- Brian May

Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children.

- Brian May

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

- Brian May

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.

- Brian May

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.

- Brian May

I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.

- Brian May

I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast.

- Brian May

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

- Brian May