I'm very much an observer and a conduit of thoughts and ideas..

Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday..

I think it's really the job of the composer, the artist, the painter, the writer to present people with options. I'm just really reflecting the thoug….

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

In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the original 'Thick As ….

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 pair of brown corduroys….

Oh father high in heaven - smile down upon your sonWho's busy with his money games - his women and his gun..

Walk the lines of nature's palm crossed with silver and with gold..

The flute was an alternative to being a small fish in an increasingly bigger pool filled with a number of great guitar players..

I've always been fond of acoustic music..

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….

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 cats. And I felt more comf….

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 i….

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 ….

I don't think people really do listen. We plug into music, and we have short attention spans. We tend to download individual tracks from iTunes rathe….

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, in terms of your….

I suppose when I started playing guitar, it was the means to an end. I never thought of myself as a fully fledged guitar instrumentalist. And my earl….

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame traditionally has had a management style that is very supportive of American talent, first and foremost, over everythi….

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 interested i….

If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest jean store and overturn the racks of blue denim..

The original Jethro Tull was a 19th century English agriculturist who invented a seed drill you see. The first automatic process where by small holes….