Bruce Dickinson quotes - page 3

When I was in employment as a regular line pilot, I used to take unpaid leave to go on tour with Iron Maiden. I got lucky - they let me off. (Bruce Dickinson)
Engineering stimulates the mind. View quote
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Anybody auditions for X-Factor it's because they want to be famous, not because they are artists. View quote
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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. View quote
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Tyranny of freedom is do what you like. There's a world gone crazy, cause it can't say no. View quote
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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 a piece of machinery, like I was part of the lighting rig. View quote
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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. View quote
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I guess that the salary that they get when they are working with me is, like, it beats working at McDonalds, so it has got some things going for it. View quote
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King in Crimson is actually an alchemical term. King Crimson is a metaphor for Devil or Satan, but at the same time it's also a metaphor for one of the statures in the purification of man and the purification of mankind soul towards union with God and with Infinite, which is the philosophical aim of alchemists. View quote
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I am taking a break, but not a huge break because the Maiden record is actually happening right now, and I am recording it as we speak, well not right as we speak, but close. View quote
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Well, it's a nice quiet time for Iron Maiden, and I'll be releasing a new solo album next year, so this is a really good time for the managing out my solo career, which is quite well. (Bruce Dickinson)
I don't have interns. I don't have a manager. I don't have assistants. I don't have a secretary. I can't figure out Outlook Express. I'm the worst person in the world answering e-mails, and my phone is probably the oldest, most battered phone you can find. So I just talk to people. View quote
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My son is in a band, and he's a singer, and his vocals... they're screaming-growling stuff... and he's got a pretty reasonable voice. Yet he practices really hard to get the screaming-growling thing without losing that voice every five minutes. So I'm, like, 'Hats off to you.' View quote
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I'm trying to be as green as I can. As an airline pilot, I have a carbon footprint that's a size 10, so it's pretty hard. View quote
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Alice is much a focused rebellion, he's a fantastic cartoon character almost, if you like, and therefore he's still successful today-my kid, 11 years old, loves Alice Cooper. View quote
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I've always enjoyed reading lyrics, trying to do them more than just lyrics, trying to have some more meaning in them. I know a lot of people are just happy to have a kind of broken word lyrics. I just wonder why, there's no reason why they can't at least attempt to do something a bit better. View quote
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I'll be arriving at the last possible minute and walking on stage raging and pillaging and then disappearing immediately afterwards. View quote
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I've been to the Reading festival twice before-as a punter, though I stayed backstage in the hospitality tent. View quote
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