Brian May Quotes

For me, I think that I don't like feeling pressure from outside sources. I'd rather put the pressure on myself and push myself to do it as good as I can.

I'm not a highly social person. I'm a highly productive person.

It's a waste of energy to think about what somebody else is doing and how they doing it. I'ma just do what I do.

Comparison is a disease. I never felt any competition, since I never compared myself to others. I only focus on my work. I never feel pressurised and do films in my style. Also, I'm very active since childhood, and that gives me the edge to always put my best.

Sometimes I write with music on, and if I'm in a good flow, I don't even hear it.

Focus comes a lot more easily when you desperately want the results of your own work - nobody else is going to do it for you.

I don't really care what anyone else is doing. I'm only focussed on my work.

I don't have a lot of time for people who don't take care of their own problems. Everything that needs to be done takes effort.

In a way, I'm overly ambitious, selfish in a way. I think because I am so active, I think that's what keeps my brain going and I can bounce things off of each other.

I am not in competition with anybody; I just want to be productive.

I only focus on what I can do.

I'm not really worried about what Anthony Johnson does. I have to worry about what I do to prepare myself.

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment.

I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.

Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate.

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident.

I love working alone. Crave it, in fact. I feel truly alive then.

Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them.

The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.

When you don't have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself?

I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.