Queen's Brian May Chooses Between Art and Advertisement -- Potent Quotables

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"If someone comes to you and says, 'We want to use 'We Will Rock You' as part of an advert for jelly beans, and we're changing the words to 'We will, we will chomp you,' you have a decision to make. On the one hand you think, 'This is crass -- this will demean my art' -- or you can say 'It's a bit of fun, it will make us some money and it will keep the music alive'." -- Brian May

Queen guitarist Brian May spills the beans in the new issue of The Word, debating how he would feel if his legendary band's classic hit got a revamp for a comical candy commercial.

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