Adrian Smith

I get to fish a lot of wild and wonderful places on tour. ”

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. ”

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 people appreciate that. ”

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. ”

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. ”