I have this theory that anyone who writes songs or poetry or paints cannot avoid being autobiographical,” he says. “I’m a depressive. I don’t wallow in it, but I have that in me, and sometimes it will take over, and that’s how I feel.
The 74-year-old also shared fond memories of working with George Harrison and praised John Lennon.
(By GEORGE SIMPSON- Express)“I lived the life of a rock star, but not truly to excess. And there is a lot of confusion in there, because I got married shortly before we first started touring – and that’s not a great idea – so I resisted getting sexually involved on tour, and for a long time, didn’t, but then gradually, I think some of the walls came down. But for me, the music was always it.”
Brian said: “The Beatles were our bible. Absolutely at every stage in their career and their music development, they were models. And they still are to me, I must say. I love all those albums. To me, they are the greatest. They are the pinnacle of writing, performance and ethos of rock music. They broke down so many barriers, they changed the world many times. I will always love The Beatles without any reservation.”
Unlike Queen with Bohemian Rhapsody, the Fab Four are yet to have a proper big blockbuster biopic which the guitarist believes should happen one day.
“I feel like they’ve been underrepresented in the world as it is today. The kids today don’t know The Beatles as much as they ought to. The Beatles should be woven into people’s lives in the way Queen music is these days.”
On his interactions with the Fab Four over the years, the 74-year-old said: “I’ve met Paul a few times, done a few things. He’s a great guy and an animal campaigner as I am. Yeah, I wish I saw more of him really but life doesn’t always let you do this stuff. Met Ringo a couple of times just briefly. Kinda just socially because Freddie was quite close to Ringo at one time. But I never had an in-depth conversation with him.”
As for John Lennon, who was killed at just 40-years-old in 1980, the Queen guitarist said: “Never met [him], very sadly. I wish I had, I would have loved to have done. What a wonderful talent and a wonderful voice. Incredible.”
