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
Bruce Dickinson quotes about
band business left
When I left the band, what the band did is really their own business. And their career-they got on with it, and I got on with my career.
break english-musician happening huge maiden record recording taking
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.
english-musician everybody generic good putting record stuff thinking
There are a lot of stuff on the record that I am thinking is generic but actually it is just as good as everybody else who is putting stuff out at the time.
album english-musician good iron managing next nice quiet quite releasing solo time
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.
groundhog-day determined regimes
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.
blow labels band
Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band.
looks band internet
With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable.
aviation wales south
South Wales is a hub of aviation.
engineering shelves ask-me
Don't ask me to put up a shelf, but I love engineering.
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.
pounds want aviation
The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m.'
guy influence arthur
A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.