Brian May

Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer.

Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do.

Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because, to some degree, I projected upon it.