Ian Anderson

They collaborated on Bowness’ 2017 album Lost In The Ghost Light, but his appreciation for the rock flute icon goes back to Tull’s early trilogies

The Jethro Tull mastermind reveals who he’s really performing for – and why he never plays as much flute as he planned to on his albums

Jethro Tull leader on the true value of space travel, which he doubts is Elon Musk’s reason for funding it – and why he wishes the Star Trek star had never gone up either

Their musical partnership finally ended after 43 years – but the guitarist says he wanted to break it up decades earlier

British prog icon wonders if his American fans really got the humour in 1972 album Thick As A Brick – because they all laughed at the wrong moments

As a young teen, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson fell in love with the mop-top Beatles. But then he dug deeper and discovered something darker, druggier and way more dangerous

Ian Anderson believes he has a duty to tackle global issues, and argues it’s a very folky thing to do

He recalled the spark that ignited Thick As A Brick when he decided to publish a lyric book – which he admitted nobody needed, and feared would be a cringe experience

Ian Anderson talks about Jethro Tull’s latest album Curious Ruminant and ponders the itch to make another