15 Quotes by Adrian Smith

I've never been much for theory and scales.

The room is the most important thing about recording.

The report card helps give us a focus, and it frames the dialogue for moving forward.

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.

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.

In New York, $1,000-a-square-foot is not a lot of money. In New York you have three times as many people vying for a place like that. I just don't know if you have enough buyers here.