I guess it was the first time I really thought about leaving. I don't just mean Iron Maiden, I mean quitting music altogether. I just thought, 'Nothing is worth feeling like this for.' I began to feel like I was… — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
Iron Maiden is an institution, and I'm delighted that I'm involved in it, but there was a time that I wasn't delighted so I quit. — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
Im a ham. I was immediately attracted to fencing because it seemed like a romantic, melodramatic form of combat. — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull. — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
There are a lot of stuff on the record that I am thinking is generic but actually it is just as good as everybody… — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
If your only arbiter of anything is money, really you should... go and rob banks. — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable. — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll. — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
When you cut human beings down to size, we're really quite simple creatures; food, shelter, warmth, light, heat and you build it up from… — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
Business is just about enabling human beings, nothing more, nothing less. Businesses need to recognize this fundamental fact. — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
In my teenage years I was put off the idea of a career in flying, because I'd convinced myself that you had to be… — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
