6 септември 2025 г.

Какво и защо пропуснах

"I said: 'You know, when we first started going out, you were really good-looking. And I was this little scruffy English guy. Why did you continue to talk to me?' And she said: 'Well, because you weren't afraid of me.' I went: 'How could anybody be afraid of you?' She went: 'You'd be amazed how many guys start acting really weird around me.' And I said: 'Why would they do that?' She went: 'I don't know, but they do. And you weren't in the slightest bit impressed by the fact that I'm drop dead gorgeous.'" 

Bruce Dickinson *, в двучасово zoom-интервю при Elizabeth Zharoff **, 
YouTube, "The Charismatic Voice", изд. 6 септ.' 2025 (link).   

* Един невероятно интелигентен и даровит англичанин,
певецът на Iron Maiden, със своята скромност, самочувствие и английски хумор.

** "It was originally scheduled for 90 minutes, including connecting, discussing things briefly before we hit record. I'm surprised we were on the call for basically 2 1/2 hours!"

"She's sincere, warm, and knowledgeable. Just the sort of person that most of us enjoy a chat with."

("In 2012 she completed a master's degree in opera singing from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.")