Brian May has been discussing not only his own songwriting journey with Queen, but also his creative relationships with Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.
For the majority of the band’s career - up until 1989’s The Miracle, in fact - credits were assigned to specific band members. “It was Freddie’s idea that whoever wrote the lyrics would claim the song,” May tells MOJO. “None of us argued with that back then and it became the norm, but looking back, it wasn’t always very accurate.”
