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.

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• Brian May:

  I was actually perfectly happy when I had no money, which lasted right up until we had a hit with K

• Brian May:

  I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound m

• Brian May:

  Mantovani was a great influence on me.

• Brian May:

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

• Brian May:

  The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

• Brian May:

  The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other

• Brian May:

  The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.

• Brian May:

  The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind.

• Alan Gorrie:

  If truth is the first victim of war, then read on - I've got some great lies for you this month.

• Alan Gorrie:

  Look, I was only given a year or two to come up with tunes for this record, and when all but eight