Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Dickinson
Paul Bruce Dickinson, known professionally as Bruce Dickinson, is an English singer, songwriter, musician, airline pilot, author and broadcaster. He is best known as the lead singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden and is renowned for his wide-ranging operatic vocal style and energetic stage presence...
ProfessionMetal Singer
Date of Birth7 August 1958
CityWorksop, England
giving training helping
I find that fencing and training give me more stamina and help me deal with the craziness of being on the road so much.
aviation wales south
South Wales is a hub of aviation.
blow labels band
Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band.
guy influence arthur
A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.
pounds want aviation
The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m.'
teenage math years
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 a boffin with degrees in maths and physics, which were my weakest subjects.
cutting simple shoes
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 there really until you finally go Gucci shoes or whatever it is or whatever your consumer desires are. All those desires are ultimately, they're about gratification.
crazy philosophy gone
Tyranny of freedom is do what you like. There's a world gone crazy, cause it can't say no.
looks band internet
With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable.
iron long records
A few of these interviews have gone slightly awry, because every now and again there has been the odd conflict of interest between interviews because of the Iron Maiden record, and I am a bit long-winded.
engineering shelves ask-me
Don't ask me to put up a shelf, but I love engineering.
mum accidents
I was an accident - my mum was only 16 when she had me.
iron quitting maidens
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.
artist rocks ideas
In my naïvety, I thought people who were in rock 'n' roll bands were great artists, and it was a huge shock to the system to realise that they weren't, that they didn't even aspire to be, really. Some of them did, maybe, but some of them, like Samson, were very frightened of the idea.