Ian Anderson Quotes

United Kingdom, Musician
August 10, 1947

Ian Scott Anderson, MBE (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist and acoustic guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull. Anderson plays several other musical instruments, including keyboards, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone, harmonica, and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with the 1983 album Walk into Light, and since then he released another five works, including the sequel to the Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick (1972) in 2012, entitled Thick as a Brick 2.

Also known as Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter

I feel the audience has a right to know if some of the money they're spending is going to a certain cause, and reassuring them the money is going to where it's supposed to be going.

Ian Anderson
- Money
- Know
- Audience
Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.

Ian Anderson
- Life
- Waiting
- Lies

I'm not one for Sudoku or crosswords - the thing that fires my little brain is doing tour budgets.

Ian Anderson
- Brain
- Doing
- Little
It was instilled in me that the money I was given was not to be lost or spent on any other purpose.

Ian Anderson
- Money
- Me
- Purpose
Not to be mean about it, but some great rock and rollers, like Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, are pretty one-dimensional.

Ian Anderson
- Great
- Pretty
- Mean
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, and I imagine writing anything is like that, really. Some of it just flows, and you just go with it.

Ian Anderson
- Writing
- You
- Thought
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 play the flute to exploit its natural faculties, but I used it as a surrogate guitar.

Ian Anderson
- Time
- Guitar
- Construction
A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children.

Ian Anderson
- Music
- Children
- Money

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.

Ian Anderson
- Father
- Dance
Bring me a wheel of oaken wood A rein of polished leather A Heavy Horse and a tumbling sky Brewing heavy weather.

Ian Anderson
- Sky
- Horse
It might work with one orchestra, and the next orchestra - the oboe player might not get it. It's different every time, but some of the orchestras do end up enjoying it and having a great time.

Ian Anderson
- Up
- Time
- Work
I don't think it's very easy to make friends with musicians. We're all a bit paranoid. It soon becomes very heavy.

Ian Anderson
- Friends
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
- Society
- Coffee
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 Thames. I am aware of the tension and it saddens me.

Ian Anderson