Jethro Tull

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

Yes guitarist looks back on starting to play without learning to read music, the wide range of career options he had, and names the album he regards as his greatest achievement

The 1971 masterpiece is hailed by Jordan Rudess, Troy Donockley, Derek Shulman, Arthur Brown, Roine Stolt, Sonja Kristina and more

Guitarist reveals what he learned from one of his band’s opening acts, names a guitarist who’s a “real yardstick” of brilliance – and touches on what he misses about being in Ian Anderson’s band

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

Prog giants weren’t there when controversial 1989 moment came, because they were certain they wouldn’t win. So the guitarist’s wife concocted a last-minute midnight party to celebrate

His world changed when he realised that playing in bands meant he’d never have to dance

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