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title: "2 Acoustics Quotes By Ian Anderson"
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> [When I was a teenager, I really didn't like loud rock music. I listened to jazz and blues and folk music. I've always preferred acoustic music. And it was only, I suppose, by the time Jethro Tull was getting underway…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/when-i-was-a-teenager-i-really-didn-t-like-loud-rock-music-i-listened/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/ian-anderson-10053_acoustic_when-i-was-a-teenager-i-really-didn-t-li_1019973.png)

> [I've always been fond of acoustic music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/i-ve-always-been-fond-of-acoustic-music/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

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## More by Ian Anderson

> [Writing lyrics is part spontaneous, intuitive and part really thought through and carefully analyzed as you write it. It's a mixture of two approaches,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/writing-lyrics-is-part-spontaneous-intuitive-and-part-really-thought/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

> [Cafe society is as old as the hills. Starbucks and its imitators are the coffee face of the new man in a hurry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/cafe-society-is-as-old-as-the-hills-starbucks-and-its-imitators-are/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

> [It's nice to be recognized, but it's not great to have it too conspicuously recognized, if you see what I mean. Gold records on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/it-s-nice-to-be-recognized-but-it-s-not-great-to-have-it-too/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

> [The original Jethro Tull was a 19th century English agriculturist who invented a seed drill you see. The first automatic process where by small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/the-original-jethro-tull-was-a-19th-century-english-agriculturist-who/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

> [I'm very much an observer and a conduit of thoughts and ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/i-m-very-much-an-observer-and-a-conduit-of-thoughts-and-ideas/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

> [A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/a-lot-of-pop-music-is-about-stealing-pocket-money-from-children/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

> [Question all as to their ways and learn the secrets that they hold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/question-all-as-to-their-ways-and-learn-the-secrets-that-they-hold/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

> [When I was in my teenage years, I went to sign up as a cadet entrant to the police force but was at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/when-i-was-in-my-teenage-years-i-went-to-sign-up-as-a-cadet-entrant/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

> [As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write and perform,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/as-a-songwriter-you-tend-to-develop-your-own-style-your-own-technique/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

> ['Aqualung' marks the point at which I had the confidence as a songwriter and as a guitar player to actually pick up and play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/aqualung-marks-the-point-at-which-i-had-the-confidence-as-a/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

> [Martin, Dave, and I get together and rough out a few songs and put them on cassettes for some reference...With the actual music, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/martin-dave-and-i-get-together-and-rough-out-a-few-songs-and-put-them/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

> [Not to be mean about it, but some great rock and rollers, like Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, are pretty one-dimensional.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/not-to-be-mean-about-it-but-some-great-rock-and-rollers-like-bo/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

> [I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first of all, has got to be put into the context of being an American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/i-think-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-first-of-all-has-got-to-be-put/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

> [If you're gonna use simile, analogy, metaphor, be descriptive and have some flowery adjectives and a few odd nouns and some engaging bits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/if-you-re-gonna-use-simile-analogy-metaphor-be-descriptive-and-have/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

> [Bring me a wheel of oaken wood A rein of polished leather A Heavy Horse and a tumbling sky Brewing heavy weather.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-anderson/bring-me-a-wheel-of-oaken-wood-a-rein-of-polished-leather-a-heavy/)

[Ian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-anderson/)

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