Best Ian Anderson Quotes
- In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the… All
- 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 the… Conspicuously
- We do hear perhaps too many accolades generally aimed at people like Steve Jobs. We have to remember that there are other classic things in… Accolades
- 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… Acoustic
- When I was a young boy, I preferred cats to dogs. From the age of seven or eight onwards I just felt more comfortable with… Age
- Cafe society is as old as the hills. Starbucks and its imitators are the coffee face of the new man in a hurry. Cafe
- But the tune ends too soon for us all All
- 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 not… Actual
- Come with me to the Winged Isle- Northern father's Western child Where the Dance of Ages is playing still through far marches of Acres Wild. Acres
- Another tea-time, another day older. Another Day
- Walk the lines of nature's palm crossed with silver and with gold. Crossed
- I am not afraid to appear in Israel, although when I come to a place like Israel, I know it's not a picnic by the… Afraid
- Bring me a wheel of oaken wood A rein of polished leather A Heavy Horse and a tumbling sky Brewing heavy weather. Brewing
- Just once I would like to persuade the audience not to wear any article of blue denim. If only they could see themselves in a… Any
- Question all as to their ways and learn the secrets that they hold All
- Unnur Birna is a Reykjavik-based violinist and singer. She has performed as a session musician with countless Icelandic and international artists while recording and appearing… Appear
- I think we always view people who make us feel uncomfortable and appear to intrude on our middle-class cozy space, we view them with, if… Always View
- I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill… Audience
- All the time I was playing the flute, the lines, the solos, the riffs, the construction, were based on my guitar skills. I did not… All
- I kind of like the idea of living a rather ordinary life as a shopkeeper, and I examine that possibility as one of the outcomes… Examine
- Most people, from their second album on, find it much harder to be as spontaneously creative as they were with their first couple of records,… Album