I've always been fond of acoustic music.

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 that weight by drawing on your direct experiences and indirect experiences from people that you know well, or a little.

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.

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

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 thoughts and actions around me.

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

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