Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be a fashion icon.

There are basically two categories of music: Metal and bullshit.

If heavy metal bands ruled the world, we'd be a lot better off.

We're better than Metallica. We're better musicians, better players. Put it this way, they can try to walk onstage after an Iron Maiden show if they want.

I find that fencing and training give me more stamina and help me deal with the craziness of being on the road so much.

Life is too short to do the things you don't love doing.

Everything you need to know about Iron Maiden is onstage.

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.

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.

Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers.

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 world is run largely by urban, sedentary males. The symbol of power is the chair.

Be careful what you get good at doin', cuz you'll be doin' it for the rest of your life.

You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.

A lot of cultures believe you take the placenta and you bury it and plant something.

There seems to be some pleasure for women in sick talk of one another.

I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world.

Love of books is the best of all.

Yes, because it's Len's obsession with practical. I've never really had that experience that I hear people having of being on an empty soundstage painted green talking to a tennis ball on a stick.

In the distance, he could see Molly lying in the tall grass off to the side of the house.

We say seeing is believing, but actually, we are much better at believing than at seeing. In fact, we are seeing what we believe all the time and occasionally seeing what we can't believe