Occupation: Singer-Songwriter Birth: August 10, 1947
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 ….
I've always been fond of acoustic music..
Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday..
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….
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..
There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to….
Why do the faithful have such a will, to believe in something? And call in the name they choose, having chosen nothing..
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 of the young Gerald B….
It's only the giving that makes you what you are..
I'm very much an observer and a conduit of thoughts and ideas..
In most cases, my favorite Jethro Tull songs will be determined by how I feel about them as live performance songs, not by the recorded identity..
But the tune ends too soon for us all.
Cafe society is as old as the hills. Starbucks and its imitators are the coffee face of the new man in a hurry..
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 wall, or titles a….
I'm all in favor of banks that play their part in community endeavors, private individuals looking for loans, people who want to start up a little bu….
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 ….
Oh father high in heaven - smile down upon your sonWho's busy with his money games - his women and his gun..
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….
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….
Classical music only really came into my life in 1969. I wish I had heard classical music and church music when I was a teenager or even as a child..
Our politicians may fail us, but Status Quo always delivers on the promise..