Adrian Smith Quotes

United Kingdom, Guitarist
February 27, 1957

Adrian Frederick "H" Smith (born 27 February 1957) is an English guitarist and member of Iron Maiden, for whom he writes songs and performs live backing vocals on some tracks.

Also known as Songwriter

The band has always stayed close to its fans and not sold out. That's a very rare thing. I can see how rare that is having been outside of the band for eight years. Maiden has integrity. I think people appreciate that.

Adrian Smith Iron Maiden
- People
- Band
- Integrity
A band is sort of like a star. It reaches a peak and burns out. To have five guys working in perfect harmony longer than a couple years is difficult.

Adrian Smith Iron Maiden
- Perfect
- Band
- Star

We try and stay out of the corporate side of it. The band has never compromised. At some point in our career we could have made a certain type of record and sold millions of units, as they are called.

Adrian Smith Iron Maiden
- Career
- Band
I get to fish a lot of wild and wonderful places on tour.

Adrian Smith Iron Maiden
When you're used to seeing someone being coldly efficient on court and suddenly they go on stage and into your world - it's fascinating.

Adrian Smith Iron Maiden
- World
The room is the most important thing about recording.

Adrian Smith Iron Maiden
- Important
To me, anyone with an Australian accent wielding a tennis racket is cool.

Adrian Smith Iron Maiden
- Cool
- Tennis
We are one of the last heavy metal bands. Iron Maiden has always been unique.

Adrian Smith Iron Maiden
- Unique

I've never been much for theory and scales.

Adrian Smith Iron Maiden