It's funny, when I'm not on the road or doing stuff with Bad Company - or whatever- I've always written songs galore... a lot of stuff people don't e….
I can watch a movie about a person that can make me feel depressed or remind me of something else, and then later on I'll get an idea for a song..
This is what I wanted to do from the very beginning: write songs and make records and tour them with a good live band..
The fact that I have a lot of songs written doesn't keep me from wanting to write new ones, or new ones from coming..
I must have true love or nothing..
I think my favorite Rolling Stones song is "No Expectations." I always think and talk through songs..
What I love I destroy. What I destroy, I love..
Poetry is a solitary process. One does not write poetry for the masses. Poetry is a self-involved, lofty pursuit. Songs are for the people. When I'm ….
You can suffocate a thought by expressing it with too many words..
I'm just going to be me..
It changes over the course of life, depending on how you're feeling. There's this incredible catalog of different songs, so it depends on what you're….
I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine..
Our wills are ours, to make them Thine..
I come to you defenses down with the trust of a child..
Sometimes when I'm writing a song I'll get carried away with production when I'm only on the first verse, and that sacrifices the songwriting..
I find it interesting when I look back at songs and it's what I've been thinking and feeling for the past two years. There's some sexual stuff in thi….
Not everyone is at the top of his or her game all the time - you can't be..
Where would I be without my sense of direction..
When it comes to work, there are many who will stop at nothing..
When I write with Maiden, then I write only with the guys in Maiden, we don't do songs from outside people..
I've come to understand my role. On some level, I provide the context for them to shine. I also know my role is the steward of the songs, and the cen….