Adrian smith
We try and stay out of the corporate side of it. The band has never compromised. At some point in our career we could have made a certain type of record and sold millions of units, as they are called.
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We are one of the last heavy metal bands. Iron Maiden has always been unique.
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To me, anyone with an Australian accent wielding a tennis racket is cool.
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When you're used to seeing someone being coldly efficient on court and suddenly they go on stage and into your world - it's fascinating.
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I get to fish a lot of wild and wonderful places on tour.
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The room is the most important thing about recording.
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A band is sort of like a star. It reaches a peak and burns out. To have five guys working in perfect harmony longer than a couple years is difficult.
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I've never been much for theory and scales.
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The band has always stayed close to its fans and not sold out. That's a very rare thing. I can see how rare that is having been outside of the band for eight years. Maiden has integrity. I think...
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There are three things that a soldier basically looks for. He looks for a job, he looks for education, and he looks for a home. And those are the three things that drive us, of which the 100,000 Jobs...
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