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Ian Scott Anderson is a Scottish-born musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist and acoustic guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull. Anderson is a multi-instrumentalist who plays keyboards, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone, harmonica, and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with the 1983 album Walk into Light, and since then he has released another five works, including the sequel to the Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick in 2012, entitled Thick as a Brick 2. Wikipedia  

✵ 10. August 1947
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Famous Ian Anderson Quotes

“Oh father high in heaven — smile down upon your son
Who's busy with his money games — his women and his gun.”

Ian Anderson

"Hymn 43"
Aqualung (1971)

“The original Jethro Tull was a 19th century English agriculturist who invented a seed drill you see… the first automatic process where by small holes were made in Mother Earth and even smaller seeds were deposited one at a time and neetly covered over as a cat does after having being naughty.”

Ian Anderson

GTK Ep 899. Broadcast 12th August 1974, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, interviewed by Gary Hyde.

“I may make you feel but I can't make you think
Your sperm's in the gutter, your love's in the sink.”

Ian Anderson

"Thick As a Brick".
Thick as a Brick (1972)

“I don't think it's very easy to make friends with musicians. We're all a bit paranoid. It soon becomes very heavy.”

Ian Anderson

[John, Tobler, 1992, NME Rock 'N' Roll Years, 1st, Reed International Books Ltd, London, 272, CN 5585]

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