Classical music only really came into my life in 1969. I wish I had heard classical music and church music when I… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
In most cases, my favorite Jethro Tull songs will be determined by how I feel about them as live performance songs, not… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
I'm very motivated by the occasional creative payoff that comes when something goes really well, be it a song, a recording or… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
I don't think people really do listen. We plug into music, and we have short attention spans. We tend to download individual… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
Martin, Dave, and I get together and rough out a few songs and put them on cassettes for some reference...With the actual… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
'Aqualung' marks the point at which I had the confidence as a songwriter and as a guitar player to actually pick up… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first of all, has got to be put into the context of being… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
Most of what I've written songs about are things that come out of the confusing emotional, spiritual and psychological period of time… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I really didn't like loud rock music. I listened to jazz and blues and folk music. I've… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
I think I've owned all the models of iPods so far. And these days between my iPod, iPhone and my personal laptop… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
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,… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
Cafe society is as old as the hills. Starbucks and its imitators are the coffee face of the new man in a hurry. — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
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… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
The original Jethro Tull was a 19th century English agriculturist who invented a seed drill you see. The first automatic process where by small… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
When I was in my teenage years, I went to sign up as a cadet entrant to the police force but was at the… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
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,… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
'Aqualung' marks the point at which I had the confidence as a songwriter and as a guitar player to actually pick up and play… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
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… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
Not to be mean about it, but some great rock and rollers, like Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, are pretty one-dimensional. — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
