Quote related to 'Who Wants To Live Forever' from 'A Kind Of Magic'

We began using synthesisers and there were many excursions from us all into keyboard territory. My main contributions on principal parts were (in no particular order) in: Scandal, Was It All Worth It, Hang On In There, Too Much Love Will Kill You (which was done with Frank Musker up in his house in the Canyon in L.A. when we first sketched the song), No-one But You (again done on my own, originally for use on my solo album), One Vision (my first ramblings on a Kurzweil gave rise to the opening section), I Can't Live With You, The Show Must Go On (that sequence just got thrust into my head playing around with Roger - I will never know where it came from, but it completely took me over for a long time while the song was in development), and of course, Who Wants to Live Forever. The only pure piece of piano from this era from me is Forever - which was a doodle done live in the studio which I rescued for a bonus track later on. Of course there are many other smaller contributions, but in many cases later on we would work together on the programming of a keyboard part (eg Days Pf [sic] Our Lives). This is a benefit of the new technology which allows us to keep the original feel of a demo keyboard part but update the actual notes as the song is developed - I've used it many times in my solo work - giving an impression that I can play better than I actually can!!! Luckily the guitar still has to be PLAYED LIVE – so my best job is safe for a while at least!!!

Brian May; Official Website, 23rd of April 2003