Iron Maiden Quotes
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Nothing lasts forever but the certainty of change...
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There are basically two categories of music: Metal and bullshit.
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Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band.
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I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!
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I've had a bit of experience at lots and lots of different arenas as it were, some of them completely creative, some of them quite technical. The interesting thing is, is that I found that the technical arenas actually are also very creative or can be very creative.
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Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue.
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We tread a fine line between taking ourselves seriously and being Spinal Tap.
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The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m.'
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I do like Marylin Manson, actually. I think, he's very talented and he did make some great music.
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The celebrity thing, I mean, Lindsay Lohan - what's she for? I look at that and throw my hands up in despair.
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The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover.
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Life is too short to do the things you don't love doing.
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I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up a hobby or sport and then find an excuse not to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be.
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Engineering stimulates the mind. Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle things, fix things. When the schools can offer that, you'll have an engineer for life.
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Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers.
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I find that fencing and training give me more stamina and help me deal with the craziness of being on the road so much.
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(On performing in Costa Rica for the first time) It was like finding some weird tribe in the middle of the jungle and, you know, they all come out and go: 'Fear of the Dark. Favorite Album.' What?!?
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I enjoy making solo albums because over the years it's evolved into more of a genuine personal expression of story-telling and day dreams, and I work in a way that has more control.
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If it all just happens like this for the rest of my life, it's going to be one endless Groundhog Day. I determined that I was not prepared to submit to this regime, so I thought I had to do something about it.
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Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be a fashion icon.
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Best two rock voices I've heard in a last few years both have been from grunge bands: it's Eddie Vedder and the other one is Chris Cornell from Soundgarden.
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I'm very good at daydreaming. Ask any of my schoolteachers.
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Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle things, fix things.
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A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.