Iron Maiden and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

Neil Kay:
[Neil Kay, late 2000s] I felt we were at war and there was a war to be won, and I think there's no room for part-timers. It was all or nothing.

Paul DiAnno:
[Late 2000s. On the birth of what was to be known as the NWOBHM] We're we come from was nothing, there's nothing in the East End of London, if you weren't in the gangs or you couldn't play football or boxing you got music. I don't think any of us even in our wildest dreams thought it would ever become the way it was, you know what I mean. We were all happy to play.