Bruce Dickinson
Birthday:
7 August 1958, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Birth Name:
Paul Bruce Dickinson
Height:
168 cm
Bruce Dickinson was born on August 7, 1958 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England as Paul Bruce Dickinson. He has been married to Paddy Bowden since 1990. They have three children. He was previously married to Jane.
I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realize...Show more »
I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realized that the only way I was ever going to fly a jet is if I got a job. Show less «
Iron Maiden is an institution, and I'm delighted that I'm involved in it, but there was a time that I wasn't delighted so I quit.
Iron Maiden is an institution, and I'm delighted that I'm involved in it, but there was a time that I wasn't delighted so I quit.
If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll.
If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll.
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.
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.
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.'
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.'
The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m.'
The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m.'
Everything you need to know about Iron Maiden is onstage.
Everything you need to know about Iron Maiden is onstage.
If your only arbiter of anything is money, really you should... go and rob banks.
If your only arbiter of anything is money, really you should... go and rob banks.
I do like Marylin Manson, actually. I think, he's very talented and he did make some great music.
I do like Marylin Manson, actually. I think, he's very talented and he did make some great music.
Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be a fashion icon.
Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be a fashion icon.
Engineering stimulates the mind. Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle things, f...Show more »
Engineering stimulates the mind. Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle things, fix things. When the schools can offer that, you'll have an engineer for life. Show less «
Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it's also up to engineering to make itself more interesting.
Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it's also up to engineering to make itself more interesting.
If heavy metal bands ruled the world, we'd be a lot better off.
If heavy metal bands ruled the world, we'd be a lot better off.
I find that fencing and training give me more stamina and help me deal with the craziness of being on the road so much.
I find that fencing and training give me more stamina and help me deal with the craziness of being on the road so much.
Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers.
Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers.
When I write with Maiden, then I write only with the guys in Maiden, we don't do songs from outside people.
When I write with Maiden, then I write only with the guys in Maiden, we don't do songs from outside people.
I'm very good at daydreaming. Ask any of my schoolteachers.
I'm very good at daydreaming. Ask any of my schoolteachers.
My aim as a frontman is always to try and shrink the venue, if you can, to turn that football stadium into the world's smallest club. At lea...Show more »
My aim as a frontman is always to try and shrink the venue, if you can, to turn that football stadium into the world's smallest club. At least you have to try. Show less «
Engineering stimulates the mind.
Engineering stimulates the mind.
Life is too short to do the things you don't love doing.
Life is too short to do the things you don't love doing.
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 f...Show more »
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. Show less «
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 the...Show more »
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. Show less «
The celebrity thing, I mean, Lindsay Lohan - what's she for? I look at that and throw my hands up in despair.
The celebrity thing, I mean, Lindsay Lohan - what's she for? I look at that and throw my hands up in despair.
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....Show more »
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. Show less «
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...Show more »
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. Show less «
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 ex...Show more »
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. Show less «
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 m...Show more »
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. Show less «
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, a...Show more »
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. Show less «
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...Show more »
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. Show less «
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 t...Show more »
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 to this regime, so I thought I had to do something about it. Show less «
Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle things, fix things.
Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle things, fix things.
I shall refract myself, yes, I shall no longer be known as the prism.
I shall refract myself, yes, I shall no longer be known as the prism.
There are a lot of bands using self-abuse as a marketing gimmick.
There are a lot of bands using self-abuse as a marketing gimmick.
Business is just about enabling human beings, nothing more, nothing less. Businesses need to recognize this fundamental fact.
Business is just about enabling human beings, nothing more, nothing less. Businesses need to recognize this fundamental fact.
I was an accident - my mum was only 16 when she had me.
I was an accident - my mum was only 16 when she had me.
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 myse...Show more »
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! Show less «
Don't ask me to put up a shelf, but I love engineering.
Don't ask me to put up a shelf, but I love engineering.
Well, yeah, sometimes I get a little too creative.
Well, yeah, sometimes I get a little too creative.
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...Show more »
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. Show less «
With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable.
With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable.
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...Show more »
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.' Show less «
The more guitars we have onstage the better, as I'm concerned.
The more guitars we have onstage the better, as I'm concerned.
A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.
A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.
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 ...Show more »
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. Show less «
Well, it's a nice quiet time for Iron Maiden, and I'll be releasing a new solo album next year, so this is a really good time for the managi...Show more »
Well, it's a nice quiet time for Iron Maiden, and I'll be releasing a new solo album next year, so this is a really good time for the managing out my solo career, which is quite well. Show less «
South Wales is a hub of aviation.
South Wales is a hub of aviation.
The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover.
The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover.
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 ...Show more »
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. Show less «
A few of these interviews have gone slightly awry, because every now and again there has been the odd conflict of interest between interview...Show more »
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 of the Iron Maiden record, and I am a bit long-winded. Show less «
I'm not going to do any more solo touring.
I'm not going to do any more solo touring.
Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band.
Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band.
As long as there is Iron Maiden, there will be a concert in Chile.
As long as there is Iron Maiden, there will be a concert in Chile.
I still think that Clive Burr was the best drummer Maiden ever had. That's not taking anything away from Nicko. Technically, NIcko's far mor...Show more »
I still think that Clive Burr was the best drummer Maiden ever had. That's not taking anything away from Nicko. Technically, NIcko's far more competent than Clive. It's just that Clive had this incredible feel, and I regret that he wasn't given enough time to go and sort himself out. Show less «
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