I don't throw around the term genius, but this guy is a genius.

ES GIBT UND ES GAB UND ES WIRD NIE EINEN MUSIKER WIE IAN ANDERSON GEBEN.ER IST GENIAL MUSIKALISCH UNERREICHT, DER PROG.ROCK.MEISTER IN ALLEN KLASSEN.LONG LIVE JETHRO TULL AND IAN ANDERSON.THANK YOU.😊❤

Ian Anderson's writing for Jethro Tull was unique back in my youth. I guess that's why I liked them. He also impressed me with his guitar playing. Wond'ring Aloud is a prime example and one of my favorites.

I was the only kid at my Florida high school in the 90’s who was completely obsessed with Tull. Ian got me through some tough times. Got to meet the band eventually too! Love you always Ian!!

Criminally under-rated, one of the finest song-writers/performers/musician/lyricists the UK ever had.......and a gentleman to boot. ❤

Standing on one leg for 55 years. Still Entertaining us at 77. Wonderful

Ein Genie. Dieser Mensch hat mir schon so unglaublich viel Freude bereitet wie kaum ein anderer.

A Very cool man! I am so lucky I am living on Earth the time you are living.... Just one unique prodigy in the history of music. Complicated beauty makes it at its richest! 💙🎶

I love these interviewers who ask a question and let the interviewee talk 👍

One of the greats and one of my absolute favorites.

Such a smart and talented man. Love him and his music. March 2024🎉

Absolutely great interview, what a tongue-in-cheek personality is, the dearest Ian Anderson!

This man is a gift for the art of music.

Great interview. As usual, the interviewer just leads with a quality question and Ian takes off from there. It's a privilege to be in a time when Ian is making albums, touring, and talking about them on platforms that we have easy access to...

I too was there in the 60's ---and the seventies and IT WAS A FABULOUS time musically -- Jethro Tull my first concert ever at 13!!! :) I went to many of Tull's concerts - Loved all of his albums - still do and am so appreciative that I was born when I was and was able to be a part of all of it truly -- Woodstock etc. A really incredible time without doubt!!!! Nice to see Ian Anderson again and nice to know he is still happily making music as he is genius for sure!!!! I do not trow that term out much either but what a showman and fabulous talent he is!!! "Wondering Aloud" and some of the songs in between the big ones are also so so great!!

Ian Anderson a master musician who really cares about life and doing good! Just think he just released a new great album! Bravo!

Ian Anderson and the various groupings of JT have created such inspiring and beautiful music which has enriched my life over decades, unique, eclectic, I just watched an old video of Life's A Long Song, one of my absolute favourites, a wonderfully, poignant gem of a song. He is a multi-talented composer, musician, songwriter, so very talented and hard-working too!

Never get tired of Ian talking about his wonderful music. Thanks. I cannot even concieve of someone being able to create whole album like this in 4 weeks? OMG.

Kudos to the interviewer here. He asks some really intelligent questions. In the last 30 years I’ve heard many, many interviews with Ian where they ask the same trite and unimaginative questions and he gives the same answers. The questions asked here were well considered and Ian clearly liked answering them. I learned things about him and the band in this interview that I never knew before.

The great philosopher / minstrel of the UK. Forever Scottish to the hilt. An astonishing body of work that inspires & frustrates.

Congrats on a good interview, not asking all the cookie cutter questions, I think you made Ian reflect a little more than most. I think he enjoyed the interview as well

He was so humble when it is obvious to everybody he has it in his blood, the flute playing; also blessed with a wonderful memory, past all doubt. Nothing less expected of a real artist, a colossus in music who wrote history. And this album, this unbelievable mixture of Norse religion and Jethro Tull is something we barely could have dreamed of, but it is fact now. It is impossible not to be utterly fascinated by all of their masterpieces, how singular and unique they are. In my humble opinion, these guys make you feel, once you become aware of your compatibility with them, that life is worth living just because there is Jethro Tull in it and because of how they make it- pure joy.

Ian never ceases to amaze us fans. We all appreciate his continuous efforts in putting out more music, the greatest flute player of any band, hands down. And he also looks great for his age.

Thank you very much for a good interview with meaningful questions. Wonderful chance to hear Ian talk about his work, and one can never get tired of it- provided they really appreciate what Ian has done so far not only musically, but also lyrically...

You're never to old to rock and roll....

I always love hearing about Ian’s process of creation so this was great. Can’t wait until Friday! 😃🎶

This was the moment when Ian Anderson became Heisenberg.

Down yo earth interview unlike many others. Thanks.

Ian Anderson is a master musician his unique style is second to none! I still have most of his music on wax 33lp

Ian Anderson is a true marvel.

Hundreds of years from now, as music progresses and evolves as it does, Ian Anderson will be mentioned with the likes of Beethoven, Bach, and the other classic composers.

I met Ian Anderson - around 1985 I believe - I was working in Manhattan and I heard Ian on a radio show saying he was going to be at Macy's department store that day and at what time - to make an appearance introducing his line of gourmet canned salmon - Ian had salmon farms at that time - I happened to work right across the street so I went and there he was - dressed in a kilt looking just like Ian did back then. * PS- The Eagles melody for the song "Hotel California" may have been inspired by the 1969 Jethro Tull song "We Used to Know," they really do sound the same musically.

Disciplined Ian is, look at the amount of work he's done and continues to do. Clean living, hard working, creative, smart, super skilled on so many levels. Many old school JT fans critique his vocals these latter years or complain about his album releases from the 90's but, If you consider his exploratory approach to music there's a lot of discovery in all of his music. Thanks for posting this interview and great that JT forges on - we are lucky listeners.

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La creatividad del señor Ian Anderson es tremenda, este álbum RökFlöjte me ha sorprendido por su poderosa visión épica y eléctrica, soy un fiel fan de Jethro Tull desde "This Was", bendiciones a nuestro admirado flautista y Snorri poético escocés desde México

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Oh Aqualung!!! Priceless and timeless gem...

what a purest artist and fine Man on earth

Writer, composer, player and performer. A musical god!

Great record "Rökflöte" :)

He is amazingly physically robust and strong considering his age, which I think is 77 now? One reason for his longevity in the music scene, I guess, as well as his musical talent. Curiously, he’s extremely modest about his guitar playing - one reason he turned to the flute - but I think he’s actually really gifted there as well with a style all of his own. Fascinating interview, though. So interesting.

After Stones,Jethro Tull is the band IV seen most times,my favurite show was in Salzburg,we went on a ride with a horse wagon,and saw this poster on a wall,tonight Jethro Tull live,it was in a big tent in a field. To hot nurses roled in Ian in a wheelshare he hade a straight jacket on and then he broke free and pulled out his flute and began with Lokomotive breath unbelivible 🎶☮️💯💕parden the spelling

Well alright, Ian!!

First off much respect love and appreciation for Ian Anderson and his contributions to the world through his art as a visionary. He's a genius in my opinion. That said, who'd have thought he would have evolved into Walter White 🤣 I'm sorry I couldn't help it.

Me gustaria queal final de sus carreras hagan un mega recital los stones beatles los the wo y jethro en nombre de las mejores bandas del mundo invitando a mandoki

He's coming to town this fall just picked up tickets

Jethro Tull is Breaking Bad Ass, can't wait to see them @ the Greek theater here in Los Angeles...!

Anderson, The Master !

Great interview!! He’s a very difficult dude sometimes

Un gigante della musica che quando parla adopera il cervello è non si esprime masticando monosillabi, come la quasi totalità dei suoi colleghi

Odd question for Ian / Tull (same thing-ish) fans: Favourite decade, 70s, 80s, or 90s?

l have moved on but l took Jethro Tull with me

So he actually had time for Rolling Stone. (This is a reference to Baker St. Muse lyrics)

"I've got no time for Time Magazine or Rolling Stone..." - Minstrel In The Gallery album

A True Womderful Poet!!

Walter White on straight and narrow now

Obviously Ian still calls Band under the Jethro Tull.."Brand" but now is really a diluted version of Jethro Tull.Its Ian Anderson Projects Inc . legendary career..Sad about his Voice and cigarettes damage done when Younger . Glad he's still at it

Poetic Edda used for new album.

This is an ironic interview, of which none of those commenting here seem to be aware. because Ian arrogantly put down Rolling Stone many years ago in a song on Minstrel in the Gallery, released in 1975. They were very displeased and have been forever - until now.. Thus, for example, when they came out with their version of the greatest 100 popular songwriters he was left off the list, revelaing their bruised collective ego's petty resentment and their wllingness to be corrupted by it in what they offer their readers. Jethro Tull has always been my favorite band since I first heard them in the late '60's, and I have always thought, as Ian said in his song "I have no time for Time Magazine or Rolling Stone." I don''t care what some other person thinks about the various musicians I like. As Dylan said, "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows". So I commend Rolling Stone for having the heart and mind to finally put their purpose of serving their readers, the musical community, above their ego, so some of their followers can see what a wonderful man, musician and songwriter he is. Now, amend your siilly list by adding his name to it, near the top where he belongs. PS Checkout Minstrel in the Gallery

At 20:53, Ian snaps and summons a grey zombie.

How come you never hear anything about whether Ian is married or not? Is he trying to keep it hidden? He is married, btw, to the same lady since '76. And two kids.

He's a stone of a man! He lost his voice in the early -mid eighties and he has mostly composed song-format pieces since then, facing serious problems to sing them. Ian found the path he should have followed through all these years eventually. Hope now that he reckons he has opted for a more instrumental stuff for this album he doesn't give up playing. Then, he made a call to the old mates...🎸🪘🪗🎹

You mean these guys are still alive 😮

Kick ass flute player i say !! 😊

I love you Ian . Please stop .

In old Norse language the word 'rök' actually has an even deeper meaning than just "destiny" or "final destiny". Ragnarök is made up by two words, ragna and rök. The word 'ragna' translates to gods and/or otherwise celestial creators and powers. The word 'rök' is bit more complex to translate. It's absolutely correct that it means "destiny" or "final destiny" but there is also a huge submeaning of what could be described as judgement day and karma involved. Imagine that, the gods finally standing to be judged by their actions. In modern Swedish the word "rök" means smoke and the word "flöte" translates to bobber as in fishing bobber). This makes the name RökFlöte a bit comical for a Swede since it as a whole translates to "smoking bobber" which in turn could be interpreted as "high as a skryskraper on weed". Don't get me wrong here, as a Swede and an old Norse nerd and also a huge Jetho Tull fan, I feel honored by this album and Ian Anderson and his dedication to old Norse paganism.

If only the rest of the world thought that 9 in the morning was a good time to start work...

Sachen wie Aqualung oder My God sind Evergreens.

I thought Walter White died at the end of Breaking Bad?

You guys, girls and hen's don't understand that Jethro Tull is a corporation like any other band? It is called a business.

Not for nothing, but, Ian is just too damn smart for the avg human being

Mientras viva Ian, existirá Jethro Tull, y esperemos que todavía sean muchos años más!…ah y por cierto quiero comentar pues no que no “tenía tiempo para la revista Time ni para la revista Rolling Stone” como dice en la canción “Crash Barrier Waltzer”?, después de 48 años ya aceptó la entrevista, grande entre los grandes mr. Ian Anderson.

why the mask?

The new album will be instrumental because he lost his wonderful voice with the years.

His pinky seems a bit rock flute damaged.

Not sure what keeps him going these days bearing in mind that jt don't really figure anymore in the world of rock music.

I like more the blues flavour of Martin barre than this heavy staff The great musician ❤❤😂

So glad I saw this band in the 1970s ie. 74, 77, 78. The last album which was any good was Crest of a Knave in 1987 but I will make an exception with TAAB 2 . Ian Anderson has written some great tunes but these days he's an ex parrot, a dead Norwegian blue.

A sobering recount of Jethro Tull history. Play some new stuff Ian.😮

Bring B.B back into the band!

Why call it Jethro Tull when it is another solo Ian album.. .. Ian seem to have enjoyed replacing instrumental players to aid him in changing styles to add freshness using new ideas . . But Ian failed to understand it doesn't always work that way with some players when they have developed a unique fingerprint to the band that helped shape its chemistry.. . Martin Barr was one of those that cant be replaced just as much Ian can not be replaced .. Yet he did.. .. just like if Ian was missing . without Martin it just lacks its Jethro rights.

Don’t say that, yucko, even though we’re a grown up.

Is that my lifetime hero with a covid mask draped around his neck in 2023? Say it ain't so...

There were giants on the radio in the 70's. Sadly, the least objectIble principal/algorithm and centralized programing ruined the experience since. It is so generic and mind numbingly dull now. Zero testosterone.

A dull old stick is Anderson. 23 mins I'll never get back.

Bla bla bla, overthinking music. Like many fans, still waiting for the next Tull album after Minstrel. The year When Tull and the band died...... If you can't sing any longer, you do an instrumentals.

Rolling stone SUCKS ! Jethro Rocks !

Great Strange Dude Forever 🤍 Farm on the Freeway