Jethro Tull Quotes & Sayings

For the May Day is the great day,
Sung along the old straight track.
And those who ancient lines did ley
Will heed this song that calls them back ...
Pass the cup, and pass the Lady,
And pass the plate to all who hunger,
Pass the wit of ancient wisdom,
Pass the cup of crimson wonder. — Jethro Tull

He is the God of nothing, if that is all you can see. He is the God of everything, he's inside you and me. — Jethro Tull

Well, maybe he was Jesus but his hair could have used a comb. — Jethro Tull

He hears the silence howling catches angels as they fall, and the all time winner has got him by the fun. — Jethro Tull

Jump up, look around, find yourself some fun. No sense in sitting there hating everyone. — Jethro Tull

We'll have Superman for President, let Robin save the day. — Jethro Tull

The excrement bubbles, the century slime decays, and the brainwashing government lackeys would have us say it's under control. — Jethro Tull

Be sure to leave your underpants with someone you can trust. — Jethro Tull

There was a time when love was the law.
There was a time for the tooth and the claw,
Last rites given, no holds barred.
Heaven express on my credit card. — Jethro Tull

Who the hell can he be? He's never had V.D. — Jethro Tull

Everyone is from somewhere, even if you've never been there. — Jethro Tull

I don't know about carry out, but you can carry me off to bed. — Jethro Tull

Songs from the wood make you feel much better. — Jethro Tull

How can you laugh when your mother's hungry? How can you smile when the reasons for smiling are wrong? — Jethro Tull

The sand-castle virtues are all swept away in the tidal destruction, the moral melee. — Jethro Tull

My words are a whisper, your deafness a shout. — Jethro Tull

A sweetly scented angel fell, she laid her head upon my disbelief, and battled with me with her ever smile. — Jethro Tull

To tell the truth, I'd scare me too. — Jethro Tull

I nominate this song as the "Song for the group" (from the Benefit CD): Chorus from the song "Inside" by Jethro Tull for it's positive mention of "joe": I'm sittin' in the corner feelin' glad, got no money comin' in but I can't be sad, That was the best cuppa coffee I ever had, And I won't worry about a thing because we got it made, here on the Inside outside's so far away. — Jethro Tull

I've tried my best to love you all, all you hypocrites and whores with your eyes on each other and locks on your doors. — Jethro Tull

The Christmas spirit is not what you drink. — Jethro Tull

The legends lie cradled in the seagulls call, and the promise they made are ground beneath the sadist's fall. — Jethro Tull

Snot is running down his nose, greasy fingers, smearing shabby clothes. — Jethro Tull

He's watching me watching you watching him watching me watching him watching. — Jethro Tull

The doer and the thinker, no allowances for the other, as the failing light illuminates the mercenaries creed. — Jethro Tull

God of ages, Lord of Time, mine is the right to be wrong. — Jethro Tull

In the beginning Man created God; and in the image of Man created he him. — Jethro Tull

Join the crazed institution of the stars. — Jethro Tull

Roll us down the mountain and I'm sure the fatman would win. — Jethro Tull

Give us Direction; the best of goodwill; Put us in touch with fair winds. Sing to us softly, hum the evening's song. Tell us what the blacksmith has done for you. — Jethro Tull

Too many heroes stepping on too many toes, too many yes-men nodding when they really mean no. — Jethro Tull

All sorts of dung and compost contain some matter which, when mixed with the soil, ferments therein; and by such ferment dissolves, crumbles, and divides the earth very much. This is the chief and almost only use of dung ... This proves, that its (manure) use is not to nourish, but to dissolve, i.e., divide the terrestrial matter, which affords nourishment to the Mouths of vegetable roots.
His underestimate of the value of manure. — Jethro Tull

Take your place in a wiser world of bigger motor cars. — Jethro Tull

You were bred for humanity and sold to society. One day you'll wake up in the present day, a million generations removed from the expectations of being who you really want to be. — Jethro Tull

She's a nice girl, but her bad girl's better. — Jethro Tull

And a bearded lady said to me ... — Jethro Tull

I'll pour a cup to you my darling, raise it up, say Cheerio. — Jethro Tull

In your pomp and all your glory, you're a poorer man than me. — Jethro Tull

Who would be a poor man, a beggar man, a thief, if he held a rich man in his hand? — Jethro Tull

All this time it had been quite plain to Hare that the others knew nothing about Spectacles. — Jethro Tull

I may make you feel but I can't make you think ... your sperm's in the gutter, your love's in the sink ... — Jethro Tull

Actor of the low IQ, let's hear your view. — Jethro Tull

I came across Mother Goose, so I turned her loose, she was screaming. — Jethro Tull

Lend me your ear, while I call you a fool. — Jethro Tull

Her legs went on forever, like staring at infinity through a wisp of cotton panty along a skin of satin sea. — Jethro Tull

Ages passed I knew at last my life had never been. — Jethro Tull

Too many temples where we could worship the beast. — Jethro Tull

I'll make love to you in all good places, under black mountains and open spaces. — Jethro Tull

I'm a tiger when I want love, but I'm a snake if we disagree. — Jethro Tull

Everyone's saved, we're in the grave. See you there for afternoon tea. — Jethro Tull

Hold your head up to the gun of a million cathode ray tubes aired at your tiny skull. — Jethro Tull