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Phil Dent\/Redferns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Queen<\/strong> guitarist Brian May<\/strong> is opening up about his working relationship with the band\u2019s late frontman,\u00a0Freddie Mercury<\/strong>, in a new interview with <\/span>Guitar World<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

May was talking about how insecure he often\u00a0felt when people first heard a new song from him, noting \u201cit\u2019s always nerve-racking for me, no matter who it is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But he said that wasn\u2019t necessarily the case with Mercury.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFreddie was always great. I used to sing stuff to him, and he was always very encouraging,\u201d he said. \u201cOf course, I was generally writing for him. I was conscious that I had to write something that would work for him, not just for me. And generally, he would take hold of it very quickly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He added, \u201c[Freddie] was always very upfront; he had an amazing amount of drive, optimism and energy. He was very helpful with my insecurities, and he kind of chose me as his guitarist in the early days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Talking about the encouragement he\u2019d get from Mercury, May shared, \u201cHe always said, ‘You can do anything anyone can do, Brian. You can do this for me.'”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat sounds like I\u2019m making him out as big-headed, but he wasn\u2019t,” May says, “it was just this enthusiasm of, \u2018We can do this together. We can be the best thing in the world.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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