Why do the faithful have such a will, to believe in something? And call in the name they choose, having chosen nothing.
Ian AndersonI can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton.
Ian AndersonAs 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 own music. So a way of evolving a guitar style as a songwriter is much easier, I think, than developing a true style of your own just from listening to music or playing other people's music.
Ian AndersonI'm not one for Sudoku or crosswords - the thing that fires my little brain is doing tour budgets.
Ian AndersonWe do hear perhaps too many accolades generally aimed at people like Steve Jobs. We have to remember that there are other classic things in life that we undervalue and take them for granted. If you think of the classic lines of the modern jet aircraft, it's really been there since early World War II.
Ian Anderson