"I'm a much better musician than astronomer. I think the world got the right choice."
19.07.1947
"Never in my wildest dreams would I have imaged someone like Brian May would be a rock ‘n’ roller."
—Freddie Mercury -
"The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind."
"I've never been fashionable and I never will."
"At one point, I was really very suicidal. At such moments, it's only the fact that I've got kids that stops me from driving off bridges."
"There are times when I flick through magazines and think I’m in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair."
"When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I would much rather be remembered for attempting to change the way we treat our fellow creatures. That would be something to be proud of."
Queen songs written by Brian:
• Keep Yourself Alive • Doing All Right (with T.Stuffel) • The Night Comes Down • Son And Daughter • Procession • Father To Son • White Queen (As It Began) • Some Day One Day • Brighton Rock • Now I’m Here • Dear Friends • Stone Cold Crazy (with F.Mercury, R.Taylor, J.Deacon) • She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettoes) • '39 • Sweet Lady • The Prophet’s Song • Good Company • God Save The Queen • Tie Your Mother Down • Long Away • White Man • Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) • We Will Rock You • All Dead, All Dead • Sleeping On The Sidewalk • It’s late • Fat Bottomed Girls • Dead On Time • Dreamer's Ball • Leaving Home Ain't Easy • Dragon Attack • Sail Away Sweet Sister • Save Me • Flash’s Theme • Flash To The Rescue • Battle Theme • The Wedding March • Marriage Of Dale And Ming (with R.Taylor) • Crash Dive On Mingo City • Flash’s Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations) • The Hero • Dancer • Put Out The Fire • Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) • Tear It Up • Machines or Back To Humans (with R.Taylor) • Hammer To Fall • Is This The World We Created? (with F.Mercury) • I Go Crazy • Who Wants to Live Forever • Gimme The Prize (Kurgan’s Theme) • I Want It All • Scandal • Headlong • I Can't Live With You • Bijou (with F.Mercury) • The Show Must Go On • Lost Opportunity • Too Much Love Will Kill You (with F.Musker, E.Lamers) • Mother Love (with F.Mercury) • No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)
Solo albums:
• Star Fleet Project (31.10.1983) • Back To The Light (28.09.1992) • Resurrection (31.01.1994, Japan) • Live At The Brixton Academy (7.02.1994) • Another World (1.06.1998) • Red Special (7.10.1998, Japan) • Furia (20.11.2000)
Thank you for everything! Great talent, pure mind and soul, sweet personality and a man of a wisdom. Long live Dr.Brian Harold May! And may your life be filled with health, joy, love and happiness!