I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton.
Ian AndersonI'm really terrible with small children; they're small, noisy, irritating, damp and soggy.
Ian AndersonI 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. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.
Ian AndersonAs a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought.
Ian AndersonThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame traditionally has had a management style that is very supportive of American talent, first and foremost, over everything else. And I think that's right and proper.
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