Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Bruce Dickinson Quotes
CreativityDreamingImaginationSchool LifeSelf-Perception I'm very good at daydreaming. Ask any of my schoolteachers.
CreativityFocusMusicProgressWork-Life Balance 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.
FocusResilienceStaminaTrainingTravel I find that fencing and training give me more stamina and help me deal with the craziness of being on the road so much.
FameHumilityImaginationIndividualityPrivacy 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!
DedicationMusicParentingPerseveranceSkill My son is in a band, and he's a singer, and his vocals... they're screaming-growling stuff... and he's got a pretty reasonable voice. Yet he practices really hard to get the screaming-growling thing without losing that voice every five minutes. So I'm, like, 'Hats off to you.'
BandsGrungeMusicRockVocal Talent 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.
CollaborationCreativityEnthusiasmMusicPerformance The more guitars we have onstage the better, as I'm concerned.
ChangeIdentitySelf-DiscoveryTransformation I shall refract myself, yes, I shall no longer be known as the prism.
Aviation ImpactEnvironmental ResponsibilityPersonal ChallengeSelf-awarenessSustainability 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.
AviationCareer ChoicesEducationOvercoming DoubtSelf-Perception In my teenage years I was put off the idea of a career in flying, because I'd convinced myself that you had to be a boffin with degrees in maths and physics, which were my weakest subjects.
AmbitionDedicationGrowthPerseveranceResilience 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 to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be.
CreativityExperienceInnovationTechnical SkillsVersatility I've had a bit of experience at lots and lots of different arenas as it were, some of them completely creative, some of them quite technical. The interesting thing is, is that I found that the technical arenas actually are also very creative or can be very creative.
Business EthicsEmpowermentFundamentalsHumanityRecognition Business is just about enabling human beings, nothing more, nothing less. Businesses need to recognize this fundamental fact.
Band IdentityEntertainmentMusicPerformanceRock Culture Everything you need to know about Iron Maiden is onstage.
HumorImaginationMusicRebellionSociety If heavy metal bands ruled the world, we'd be a lot better off.
ArtistsInfluenceInspirationLegacyMusic A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.
Artistic IntegrityAuthenticityBand DynamicsCreativityMusic When I write with Maiden, then I write only with the guys in Maiden, we don't do songs from outside people.
ExcellenceHumorMotivationPerseverance 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.'
ArtLiteratureMusicMysticismPoetry The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover.
Basic NeedsConsumerismDesireGratificationHuman Nature 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.
GoalsLife JourneyPersonal GrowthReflectionSelf-awareness 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.
AuthenticityComparisonIndividualitySelf-ExpressionValue of Ideas 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.
AuthenticityCommunicationHumilitySelf-awarenessSimplicity 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 person in the world answering e-mails, and my phone is probably the oldest, most battered phone you can find. So I just talk to people.