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[[Brian May]] is an English rock guitarist, best known as a member of [[Queen]].
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[[Brian May]] is an English rock guitarist and astrophysicist<ref>[https://mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=217395 Brian May at The Mathematics Genealogy Project]</ref>, best known as a member of [[Queen]].
  
 
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Zappa claimed in an interview that May was one of the guitarists he admired.  
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[[Biography|Zappa]] claimed in the [[One Size Fits All Interview]] that May was one of the guitarists he admired: ''"There are a few that I've heard recently who I think are real good. I like Brian May of [[Queen]] – I think he's really excellent."''
  
 
Brian May was interviewed for the documentary  [[Ein Leben Als Extravaganza - Das Genie Frank Zappa]]. He once made the following statement about Zappa:
 
Brian May was interviewed for the documentary  [[Ein Leben Als Extravaganza - Das Genie Frank Zappa]]. He once made the following statement about Zappa:
  
''"I was fortunate enough to meet Frank Zappa, a truly great rock musician, and a very unorthodox and innovative creator. He was already very ill when I met him (I was working with [[Dweezil Zappa|his son]] in L.A. ) I told him I admired his skill and courage in improvising so much in his music, live in front of large audiences. He said, "Courage? - What do you mean?! " I said that I was always very aware of the possibilities of making mistakes. He replied, "How can you make a mistake? It is your solo, your guitar, and you are playing a piece of your own music. Who could possibly tell you you are making a mistake?!! "''
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<blockquote>"I was fortunate enough to meet Frank Zappa, a truly great rock musician, and a very unorthodox and innovative creator. He was already very ill when I met him (I was working with [[Dweezil Zappa|his son]] in L.A.) I told him I admired his skill and courage in improvising so much in his music, live in front of large audiences. He said, 'Courage? - What do you mean?!' I said that I was always very aware of the possibilities of making mistakes. He replied, 'How can you make a mistake? It is your solo, your guitar, and you are playing a piece of your own music. Who could possibly tell you you are making a mistake?!!'"</blockquote><ref>[http://forum.zappa.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5780 Brian May, "Brian's Soapbox", June 2005, quoted in the thread "Brian May on Zap", June 5, 2005]</ref>
  
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* (http://www.zappa.hu/?q=en/brianmayaboutfz)
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==See Also==
* [[wikipedia:Brian_May|Wikipedia article on Brian May]]
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*[[wikipedia:Brian May|Wikipedia article on Brian May]]
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[[Category:Rock Artists|May, Brian]]
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Latest revision as of 06:39, 23 October 2021

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Brian May is an English rock guitarist and astrophysicist[1], best known as a member of Queen.

References

Zappa claimed in the One Size Fits All Interview that May was one of the guitarists he admired: "There are a few that I've heard recently who I think are real good. I like Brian May of Queen – I think he's really excellent."

Brian May was interviewed for the documentary Ein Leben Als Extravaganza - Das Genie Frank Zappa. He once made the following statement about Zappa:

"I was fortunate enough to meet Frank Zappa, a truly great rock musician, and a very unorthodox and innovative creator. He was already very ill when I met him (I was working with his son in L.A.) I told him I admired his skill and courage in improvising so much in his music, live in front of large audiences. He said, 'Courage? - What do you mean?!' I said that I was always very aware of the possibilities of making mistakes. He replied, 'How can you make a mistake? It is your solo, your guitar, and you are playing a piece of your own music. Who could possibly tell you you are making a mistake?!!'"

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