I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics.

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

Why do the faithful have such a will, to believe in something? And call in the name they choose, having chosen nothing.

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.

I'm really terrible with small children; they're small, noisy, irritating, damp and soggy.

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.

I think I've owned all the models of iPods so far. And these days between my iPod, iPhone and my personal laptop computer, I'm someone who is very, very grateful for all the ways to listen to music and completely switch off from people around me and listen to the music in detail, which is very hard to do if you're in a room with other people.