Everything You Need To Know

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.

You Can Sail In The Desert With A Ship Of Fools. You Can Smuggle In Moses And His Book Of Rules. But You Can't Take A Mother And Give Her Back Her Son. What Kind Of Freedom Is Bought With A Gun? People Like To Build Their Prison Walls When They're Afraid To Look Inside... A Thousand Points Of Light Are The Muzzle Flashes In The Night. And The Freedoms You Profess To Hold Won't Bring The Dead Back From The Cold.

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've Been To The Reading Festival Twice Before-as A Punter, Though I Stayed Backstage In The Hospitality Tent!

I Guess It Was The First Time I Really Thought About Leaving. I Don't Just Mean Iron Maiden, I Mean Quitting Music Altogether. I Just Thought, 'nothing Is Worth Feeling Like This For.' I Began To Feel Like I Was A Piece Of Machinery, Like I Was Part Of The Lighting Rig.