Ian Anderson
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. ... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III STEVE WINWOOD When I was a young student, I only listened to foreign music, mainly rock music and hard rock. Then ... DMITRY MEDVEDEV TONY BENNETT I was essentially raised on blues music. My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby... HOZIER YUNA I've always listened to and loved country music ever since I was a kid. LAURA BELL BUNDY The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit so... FLUME I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all cam... LAURA BELL BUNDY I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship... ADRIAN MITCHELL When I was a young teenager, it was all about The Clash for me and that sort of English punk stuff. ... GREG KURSTIN I was brought up in a house with a lot of appreciation for music, all kinds of music, including jazz... CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT When I started music, I started out in Puerto Rico with classical music. But what really made me wan... MIGUEL ZENON MOBY CLIVE DAVIS KATHLEEN EDWARDS My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby, so the only music I would listen to gro... HOZIER MARTINA MCBRIDE Since I was a kid, I've had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Missi... ROBERT PLANT In high school, I got into folk music, and I taught myself guitar. And when The Beatles came out, I ... TOMMY RAMONE AVICII STEVE VAI When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.&... JOHN TESH My entire life has really revolved around music that was written about the time that I was born, 190... ELLIOTT CARTER I'm actually doing what I like doing, which is mixing opera music and classical music with soul ... BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if fo... LANGHORNE SLIM I remember the first time I was booked into a jazz club. I was scared to death. I'm not a jazz a... RICHIE HAVENS BILL BRUFORD POST MALONE TERRI WINDLING I was always inundated with music, whether it be my mother's favorites like Fleetwood Mac and Ca... ANDRA DAY I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, cal... BEN HARPER WINONA RYDER ANNE LAMOTT I didn't know folk music growing up, no. It's something I've come to study, really, beca... P. J. HARVEY I have always hated nightclubs, and don't like loud music. CAREY MULLIGAN BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I've made my own music, and the way I've always described it is Peggy Lee with an electric g... EVAN RACHEL WOOD EDDIE VAN HALEN DAVID LYNCH DONATELLA VERSACE We grew up in Nashville, but my brothers and I and my friends — we weren't steeped in country musi... DEANA CARTER We grew up in Nashville, but my brothers and I and my friends we weren't steeped in country music... DEANA CARTER JACKSON BROWNE TIG NOTARO J. K. SIMMONS You're encouraged when you get older to get mellow, get reflective, get laid back. I don't understan... STEVE WYNN I was fortunate enough to hook up with Quincy Jones and had a lot of success. But the music of the &... JACK WAGNER The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit so... FLUME I did a lot of choral music in high school, and that was kind of my primary, stable outlet for music... AUTRE NE VEUT I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship... ADRIAN MITCHELL JIMMY PAGE I've always liked New York, as I like towns with an edge and New York has a European feel, so wh... BILLY CHILDISH I like jazz of course, but jazz is almost classic. I like some Italian pop music. When I was a teena... CECILIA BARTOLI IAN ANDERSON FLEA That's folk music, swing, country blues, old time country, jazz. It's the roots of American music. DOMINIC SUCHYTA The folk thing was about civil rights... ... Folk music is the music of the working class, the music... OTIS TAYLOR When I was a kid, we weren't really supposed to listen to secular music. But one day, I found a ... NATHANIEL RATELIFF I didn't really hear any other music other than what my dad was working on until I was 12. My re... DWEEZIL ZAPPA I've always tried to avoid electronic music in India because whatever songs I got in the genre I... ARIJIT SINGH I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single eve... EDGAR WINTER I listened to classical music. I listened to jazz. I listened to everything. And I started becoming ... CHARLIE HADEN BRIAN ENO I love all types of music. Jazz, classical, blues, rock, hip-hop. I often write scripts to instrumen... CHADWICK BOSEMAN KATHLEEN EDWARDS ETTA JAMES I realised that the only time I really enjoyed music was when I was in the studio writing. So even t... ADAM RICKITT I got into music when I was a little boy. My dad was always into jazz. I got my education from him. ... TED KING A lot of what I listened to growing up was blues, but also folk and indie music. So there's this... GEORGE EZRA I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-rol... ROBBY KRIEGER College didn't stick, so I worked odd jobs, but I've always written songs and played music. ... CHRIS STAPLETON BRUCE DICKINSON TEDDY THOMPSON JEAN-MICHEL JARRE I've never been passionate about just music, I've never seen myself going into music in that... GRANT GUSTIN MARC NEWSON I think the Flecktones are a mixture of acoustic and electronic music with a lot of roots in folk an... BELA FLECK POST MALONE I just fell in love with his music. I thought Yanni was Japanese. I didn't have any idea what a ... LINDA EVANS REGGIE WATTS I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and... BOZ SCAGGS NICK HORNBY PAT METHENY When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write... JULIANA HATFIELD In the beginning, I was searching for myself in my music. My music was for me. I didn't have the... AYUMI HAMASAKI Quite frankly, I've always listened to the black side of the radio dial. Where I grew up, there ... BOZ SCAGGS BONO From the beginning, I've always had a knack for catchy melodies. But I went through a period whe... JULIANA HATFIELD Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad wor... SAM BARRY It was a really interesting time in New York in the late 70s and early 80s, and the music scene was ... JIM JARMUSCH I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the ... MIRA NAIR I have truly eclectic taste in music, and I seem to cycle through phases in terms of to what's i... RACHEL MINER JIMMY PAGE TODD RUNDGREN I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the m... RANDY JOHNSON I was a weird teenager. My mother was actually worried because I didn't have any interest in dat... KIESZA The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no ... ALBERTA HUNTER Since I was a child, I always loved music that made me want to dance. As a teenager, I used to dance... NADIA ALI
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no... ANDERSON A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember s... IAN FRAZIER IAN FLEMING There is something magical about three you know - a trio is tight and nicely economical. IAN WILLIAMS IAN MCSHANE Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity. IAN DUNBAR Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there. JANIS IAN I'm still swimming. IAN THORPE For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have do... IAN THORPE I've enjoyed training again, I've enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I'll keep on sw... IAN THORPE Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an ... IAN SOMERHALDER I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story. IAN SOMERHALDER You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an act... IAN SOMERHALDER The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide sprea... IAN SOMERHALDER I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be... IAN SOMERHALDER Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their commun... IAN SOMERHALDER They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. It's the same way with women... or... IAN SOMERHALDER Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat ... IAN SOMERHALDER I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolut... IAN SOMERHALDER Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort. IAN SOMERHALDER I don't care how hot a girl is - if she doesn't like animals, it would be a major, major pro... IAN SOMERHALDER I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to sho... IAN SOMERHALDER A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy. IAN SOMERHALDER You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life. IAN SOMERHALDER There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties. IAN SOMERHALDER IAN SMITH IAN SMITH IAN SMITH IAN SMITH Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugnant, actually. IAN SCHRAGER My best vacation was renting a boat and motoring along the Adriatic, going along the Croatian coast,... IAN SCHRAGER I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative. IAN SCHRAGER The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents'... IAN SCHRAGER I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed,... IAN SCHRAGER Great ideas have no attachment to either money or class. IAN SCHRAGER I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons. IAN SCHRAGER Good design is good business. IAN SCHRAGER People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's ... IAN RUSH I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and there's the Welsh connection. IAN RUSH I just wanted to play as long as I could. When you stop playing, you're not going to get it back... IAN RUSH I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to... IAN RUSH I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I... IAN RUSH The only thing I can cook is Welsh rarebit. IAN RUSH There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football clu... IAN RUSH This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. That's what it&... IAN RUSH I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year. IAN RUSH You can enjoy yourself, but you need to look after yourself as well. IAN RUSH It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place. IAN RUSH I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling. IAN RUSH Mainly it's the parents who remember me. But the kids today, what they do is go and Google you. ... IAN RUSH Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country. IAN RUSH I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia... IAN RUSH I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country. IAN RUSH In India, kids need someone to look up to. They've got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and ot... IAN RUSH You've got to have a dream... if you don't have any big dreams, nothing happens. IAN RUSH I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm ... IAN RANKIN A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up ... IAN RANKIN Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction. IAN RANKIN No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it'... IAN RANKIN My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or s... IAN RANKIN You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're ... IAN RANKIN I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and... IAN RANKIN I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. I... IAN RANKIN The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon yo... IAN RANKIN I'm interested in Scotland now and then, how it's changed. I want to get the reader to think... IAN RANKIN I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, i... IAN RANKIN At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ide... IAN RANKIN I've always written. At the age of six or seven, I would get sheets of A4 paper and fold them in... IAN RANKIN I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me... IAN MILLAR It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the... IAN MILLAR I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critic... IAN MILLAR I work out every morning for an hour while in front of the news channel or business channels, then I... IAN MILLAR When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and ye... IAN MILLAR The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe th... IAN MILLAR Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and... IAN MILLAR If you persevere long enough, if you do the right things long enough, the right things will happen. IAN MILLAR IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now. IAN MCLAGAN I only seem to date younger women. IAN MCLAGAN The Small Faces are thought to be a one-hit wonder in America because we only had 'Itchycoo Park... IAN MCLAGAN The Small Faces was such a different band than the Faces. I know three of us are the same, but when ... IAN MCLAGAN When I joined Small Faces, we occasionally would bump into The Who. And Keith Moon and I became firm... IAN MCLAGAN Small Faces were really a soul band as far as we were concerned. That's what we listened to; tha... IAN MCLAGAN We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had. IAN MCLAGAN I am so blessed that all I've done in my professional life, since I was 17-18, is play music and... IAN MCLAGAN What I do for migraines when I get them, I listen to classical music, and I turn it up really loud. IAN MCLAGAN You don't stop thinking about women just because your wife dies. It's terrible, but you know... IAN MCLAGAN I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis... 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IAN MCDIARMID I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite g... IAN MCDIARMID I'm the blackest villain of all time. IAN MCDIARMID The part that I think is one of the most interesting is of course the one that Hayden Christensen pl... IAN MCDIARMID If you got the DVD you can see that George Lucas has taken that person out, as well as the voice, an... IAN MCDIARMID That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance. IAN MCDIARMID There were a number of people who helped me get there, and the one I always mention is Michael Byrne... IAN MCDIARMID To start your life as a character of 120 years when you are in your late thirties, and then go back ... IAN MCDIARMID
One of my problems is I'm not really sure if I slot into rock or not. I've always tried to c... 
Presley is country music, white music. Jazz is black music - it was invented by the blacks in New Or... 
I didn't expect to have music as my main thing. I always thought I was going to be a lawyer. Whe... 
When I was nine years old, I started playing guitar, and I took classical guitar lessons and studied... 
I had no idea that I was ever getting into music. I did not prepare for a music career, and here I&#... 
I'm a huge fan of a lot of different genres of music, and I really felt like somehow I had been ... 
I was always into music. And none of my friends were really into music the same way I was. So it was... 
I love finding out-of-the-box inspirations and blending them with what I've done in the past. An... 
When I was a teenager in the '70s, I was really into those great bands like Led Zeppelin and Que... 
I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying t... 
I started making music... I guess I was 12, and I started playing 'Guitar Hero.' And you kno... 
I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot ... 
My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a... 
I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae. 
Until I realized that rock music was my connection to the rest of the human race, I felt like I was ... 
I don't feel a day older when it comes to my approach to music or what gets me off than when I w... 
Music as background to me becomes like a mosquito, an insect. In the studio we have big speakers, an... 
I'm like a little kid when it comes to music. I mean, the music is always blasting wherever I am... 
When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself, and after a couple of ye... 
It was a free-for-all with music when I was growing up. My mother was a huge music fanatic so I was ... 
Music to me was never something that I could listen to while reading a book. Especially when I was s... 
I always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising. 
I've always been fond of acoustic music. 
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I really love music that's on the periphery of not fitting into a clear genre. I felt like I was... 
I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just... 
A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull. 
Country music was the music I was brought up on. It's the music that's closest to my heart a... 
One of the first things I created was music for the Paris opera's ballet troupe. That was the fi... 
I've always listened to a lot of film music, actually. 
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I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that ... 
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For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep i... 
What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes ou... 
From the first album, Led Zeppelin was always going to be a totally new approach from what had gone ... 
When I got out of high school, I was in a blues band. It was the kind of music I was interested in, ... 
There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiat... 
I think I've owned all the models of iPods so far. And these days between my iPod, iPhone and my... 
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. 
Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die. 
I always try to be reasonable and effective. 
Every human being makes mistakes. 
Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't wan... 
I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent m... 
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Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth... 
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Godot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: 'I'm waiting to win the lottery. I... 
I don't hold grudges. 
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I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.... 