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Bruce Dickinson

Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, airline pilot, entrepreneur, author and broadcaster. He is the lead singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden and is renowned for his wide-ranging operatic vocal style and energetic stage presence.

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A guy called Arthur Brown. . . was a big influence of mine. . . and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.

Anderson, Arthur, Guy, Ian, Influence, Jethro

If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll.

Annoy, Ask, Rock N Roll, Rocks, Roll, Want

I'm very good at daydreaming. Ask any of my schoolteachers.

Ask, Asks, Daydreaming, Schoolteachers, Very Good

When I write with Maiden, then I write only with the guys in Maiden, we don't do songs from outside people.

Guys, Maiden, People, Song, Songs, Writing

I shall refract myself, yes, I shall no longer be known as the prism.

Known, Longer, Prism, Prisms, Refract, Yes

In my naïvety, I thought people who were in rock 'n' roll bands were great artists, and it was a huge shock to the system to realise that they weren't, that they didn't even aspire to be, really. Some of them did, maybe, but some of them, like Samson, were very frightened of the idea.

Artist, Ideas, Maybe, Naivety, Rocks, Roll

Anybody auditions for X-Factor it's because they want to be famous, not because they are artists.

Artist, Artists, Auditions, Famous, Want

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.

Actually, God, Kings, Man, Men, Philosophical

(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?!?

Albums, Costa Rica, Dark, Fear, Finding, Time

You can sail in the desert with a ship of fools. You can smuggle in Moses and his book of rules. But you can't take a mother and give her back her son. What kind of freedom is bought with a gun? People like to build their prison walls when they're afraid to look inside. . . a thousand points of light are the muzzle flashes in the night. And the freedoms you profess to hold won't bring the dead back from the cold.

Book, Bought, Bring, Mother, Smuggle, Wall

The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m. '

Aviation, Make, Million, Pounds, Start, Want

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.

Delighted, Institutions, Involved, Iron, Maiden, Quitting

In the days when Glastonbury was an alternative festival, it was quite interesting. Now it is the most bourgeois thing on the planet. . . we'll leave the middle classes to do Glastonbury and the rest of the great unwashed will decamp to Knebworth and drink a lot of beer and have fun.

Beer, Class, Drink, Fun, Interesting, Thing

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. '

Aim, Care, Cleaner, Dad, World

Life on the road can get a little one-dimensional. I didn't want to reach 40 and have to say all I'd done was look out the window of a tour bus and get drunk.

Drunk, Journey, Looks, Road, Tour, Window

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

Employment, Iron, Let, Lucky, Tour, Used

I do like Marylin Manson, actually. I think, he's very talented and he did make some great music.

Great Music, Manson, Marylin, Music, Talented, Thinking

A few of these interviews have gone slightly awry, because every now and again there has been the odd conflict of interest between interviews because of the Iron Maiden record, and I am a bit long-winded.

Awry, Conflict, Gone, Iron, Long, Slightly

The more guitars we have onstage the better, as I'm concerned.

Concerned, Guitar, Guitars, Onstage

Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band.

Band, Blame, Blow, Labels, Massively

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