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. Bruce Dickinson boffincareerconvince Change image and share on social
The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m.' Bruce Dickinson 10maviationjoke Change image and share on social
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.' Bruce Dickinson bandgrowlhard share on social
I enjoy making solo albums because over the years it's evolved into more of a genuine personal expression of story-telling and day dreams, and I work in a way that has more control. Bruce Dickinson albumcontrolday Change image and share on social
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. Bruce Dickinson answerassistantbad share on social
One of my earliest ventures was when I was nine years old. I realized there was a shortage of pencils at school, so I started Rent-a-Pencil. But I made a fundamental mistake. Everybody stole my pencils. Bruce Dickinson earlyfundamentalmake share on social
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. Bruce Dickinson beingbuildconsumer share on social
A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull. Bruce Dickinson andersonarthurbig Change image and share on social
Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers. Bruce Dickinson dropfungross Change image and share on social