I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. B….

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..

I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton..

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….

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….

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 ….

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….

Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself..

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..

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

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 ….

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

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

I was not a great guitarist, so I sold my 1960 Fender Stratocaster in exchange for a Shure Microphone, made in Chicago, and a flute..

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 a….

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….

It was instilled in me that the money I was given was not to be lost or spent on any other purpose..

There's always going to be a little bit of autobiographical content to everything. It's how you lend some authority to what you write - you give it t….

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..

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

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….