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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I'm very good at daydreaming. Ask any of my schoolteachers. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" South Wales is a hub of aviation. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" Everything you need to know about Iron Maiden is onstage. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

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" I'm not going to do any more solo touring. "

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" Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it's also up to engineering to make itself more interesting. "

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

" Business is just about enabling human beings, nothing more, nothing less. Businesses need to recognize this fundamental fact. "

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" 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. "

" Engineering stimulates the mind. "

" The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m.' "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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