I guess that the salary that they get when they are working with me is, like, it beats working at McDonalds, so it has got some things going for it.

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.

I guess that the salary that they get when they are working with me is, like, it beats working at McDonalds, so it has got some things going for it.

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.

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.

Tyranny of freedom is do what you like. There's a world gone crazy, cause it can't say no.

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.