A biography for Bruce Dickinsonhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“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.”
“My dad always told me, 'I don't care what you do. Just aim to be the best at it. Even if it's the world's best window cleaner.'”
“Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers.”
“I shall refract myself, yes, I shall no longer be known as the prism.”
“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.”
“One of my earliest ventures was when I was nine years old. I realized there was a shortage of pencils at school, so I started Rent-a-Pencil. But I made a fundamental mistake. Everybody stole my pencils.”
“Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be a fashion icon.”
“I'm not going to do any more solo touring.”
“I was an accident - my mum was only 16 when she had me.”
“Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band.”
“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.”
“I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realized that the only way I was ever going to fly a jet is if I got a job.”
“There are a lot of bands using self-abuse as a marketing gimmick.”
“My aim as a frontman is always to try and shrink the venue, if you can, to turn that football stadium into the world's smallest club. At least you have to try.”
“South Wales is a hub of aviation.”
“With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable.”
“Business is just about enabling human beings, nothing more, nothing less. Businesses need to recognize this fundamental fact.”
“Well, yeah, sometimes I get a little too creative.”
“Life is too short to do the things you don't love doing.”