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
song writing people
When I write with Maiden, then I write only with the guys in Maiden, we don't do songs from outside people.
fashion icons life-is
Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be a fashion icon.
iron employment goes-on
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
iron needs maidens
Everything you need to know about Iron Maiden is onstage.
journey drunk done
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.
creative littles sometimes
Well, yeah, sometimes I get a little too creative.
song teenage drama
Some of Eminem's rap songs kind of have the teenage love songs like the fifties love songs. It's kind of like domestic drama set to music. He is really good storyteller.
mean hands despair
The celebrity thing, I mean, Lindsay Lohan - what's she for? I look at that and throw my hands up in despair.
rocks want rock-n-roll
If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll.
captains captain-kirk fame
I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!
should arbiter ifs
If your only arbiter of anything is money, really you should... go and rob banks.
years two voice
Best two rock voices I've heard in a last few years both have been from grunge bands: it's Eddie Vedder and the other one is Chris Cornell from Soundgarden.
engineering mind
Engineering stimulates the mind.
dad world care
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.'