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It's only the giving that makes you what you are.

~Ian Anderson

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I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton.

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I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics.

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Most of what I've written songs about are things that come out of the confusing emotional, spiritual and psychological period of time when you're going through puberty.

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I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill of - just being there.

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When I was in my teenage years, I went to sign up as a cadet entrant to the police force but was at the very last moment rejected, just as I was about to sign my name on the dotted line. I won't get into why that happened, but it was a moment where it could've been predetermined then that I was off to become a policeman.

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

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There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line.

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A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children.

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Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Musician

Born: August 10th, 1947

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