Unnur Birna is a Reykjavik-based violinist and singer. She has performed as a session musician with countless Icelandic and international artists while… — 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
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
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
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
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 very last moment rejected, just as I was about to sign my name on the dotted line. I won't get into why that happened, but it was a moment where it could've been predetermined then that… — Ian Anderson Copy Share
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
