Brian May Quotes

I play guitar... I like to say that I'm pretty good, but it takes someone else to tell you that you're really good.

If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.

I'm not good at watching myself.

There's hardly anything I've ever done that's made me cringe; I've got pretty good pitch, for a start, so I'm not known for hitting bum notes.

It's just cool to witness talent.

I always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. It means you are not invincible: you can respect something and look up to it and go, 'Wow!' It's a skill that I don't have, but I can understand the merit of it.

I don't look at myself as one of the best pitchers in the world.

They played so good it was frightening. And I, of course, being young, was in awe of everything that was going on and rightly so. I mean, it was too good to believe.

I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how I looked playing baseball or football than in actually playing. There's great truth in that.

I always thought I should base how good I am on how good I feel I am.

In my opinion I do not think I am a better guitarist than Ace, I honestly think we're both different, and we both brought something unique to the musical.

I feel that I am a good actor.

I certainly am the first to acknowledge where I don't have strengths, but I think I'm pretty good at acknowledging where I do.

Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I've got Joni Mitchell records, and they're great, and I couldn't possibly be that good.

I like to think of myself as a pretty good athlete, I don't think I'm a great sprinter, but 200, 400, maybe 800. I won't say excel in them, but I'd do pretty good.

I don't find it hard to direct myself. I can easily think of me as a horrible performer or a good performer. I work with actors who cannot stand watching or looking at themselves, which is not my case. I can have an eye and perspective on whether I'm terrible or good enough for me.

I think generally I'm a pretty good person if I had to grade myself. Or toot my own horn.

I never thought of myself as being a good songwriter. There are a ton of other people that are good songwriters, but I don't think I'm in the club. What I do well is perform, sometimes sing pretty good, and accompany myself well and arrange fairly well.

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.

It's not communism, it's shouldn't be that everybody gets a try no matter how good or bad they are. It's our profession and our art, so we should eventually strive to be working with the best people.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of, while others judge us by what we have already done.

That guy is really good.

There are all kinds of people who I watch and marvel at. Just so many. I'll watch something and go, 'Could I ever have done that?'

I write the best songs I can.

When I was out there on the floor, I think I did pretty good for myself... I've never really had enough time to play and actually improve.