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In most cases, my favorite Jethro Tull songs will be determined by how I feel about them as live performance songs, not by the recorded identity.

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Ian Anderson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 10
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Ian Scott Anderson
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When I was a young boy, I preferred cats to dogs. From the age of seven or eight onwards I just felt more comfortable with cats. And I felt more comfortable with girls, I didn't really like hanging out with guys. When I was about ten or eleven, I was friendlier with the girls in my school than with the guys.
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Classical music only really came into my life in 1969. I wish I had heard classical music and church music when I was a teenager or even as a child.
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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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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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Oh father high in heaven - smile down upon your sonWho's busy with his money games - his women and his gun.
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