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, 'Nothi….

If heavy metal bands ruled the world, we'd be a lot better off..

There are basically two categories of music: Metal and bullshit..

Life is too short to do the things you don't love doing..

South Wales is a hub of aviation..

Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it's also up to engineering to make itself more interesting..

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..

If your only arbiter of anything is money, really you should... go and rob banks..

We're better than Metallica. We're better musicians, better players. Put it this way, they can try to walk onstage after an Iron Maiden show if they ….

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 ….

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

Fly, on your way, like an eagle / Fly as high as the Sun..

Nothing lasts forever but the certainty of change.

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 pe….

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

Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers..

Engineering stimulates the mind..

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….

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 ….

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

I find that fencing and training give me more stamina and help me deal with the craziness of being on the road so much..