Brian May Quotes

Everybody has busy lives, but you can tell people, 'Go outside and look at the night sky. We've been able to demonstrate that every star you see probably has a planet around it.'

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

And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.

I study the universe. It's the second oldest profession. People have been looking up for a long time.

When I was a boy, the only thing which captivated me as much as music was the night sky.

By about age 12, I would prefer to stay up and watch the stars than go to sleep. I started learning. I started going to the library and reading. But it was initially just watching the stars from my bedroom that I really did. There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night.

I was interested in telescopes and the way they worked because I had an intense desire to see what things looked like, so I learned how to use telescopes and find things in the sky.

If I didn't choose art, I would have become an astronomer.

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.

One of the great things about stargazing is that it's immediately at hand for so many people. You know, you could get into scuba diving or bird watching, but the stars are always up there.

You cannot look up at the night sky on the Planet Earth and not wonder what it's like to be up there amongst the stars. And I always look up at the moon and see it as the single most romantic place within the cosmos.

When I was little, I wanted to be an astronomer, but that didn't happen.

At the age of eight, I bought my first telescope and would spend hours gazing at the moon and stars. I remember thinking what it must have been like when man first realized that we were only a very small part of the overall picture.

I do not remember exactly when I became interested in astronomy, but I know it was at a very young age. I did organize an astronomy club for my friends at the age of 11. We would meet once a week to learn about the constellations.

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.

We do have, and will continue to have an unquenchable curiosity to understand our Solar System.

We gazed dreamily at the Milky Way and once in a while caught some shooting stars. Times like those gave me the opportunity to wonder and ask all those very basic questions. That sense of awe for the heavens started there.

Space has always fascinated me. As a young boy looking up at the stars, I found it impossible to resist thinking what was out there and if I ever would experience space first-hand.

There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night.

My biggest love is still planets and stars. If I hadn't become an artist, I'd be an astronomer because I still love it so much.

The thing I like about astronomy is being outside at night and seeing the stars in a dark sky. It makes you feel small.

I'm not really into sci-fi movies, but I'm into the science of space a lot. I love astronomy and thinking about the nothingness of the everythingness of space.

I actually believe more in outer space in Virginia, because I can look up at the sky and count the stars.