Best Jethro Tull Quotes & Sayings

Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy. — Richard Roeper

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

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

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

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

Too many temples where we could worship the beast. — 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

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

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

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

My old black cat, he passed away this morning. He never knew what a heartache was. Woke up late and he danced till noon. If questioned why, answered just because. He never spoke much, preferring silence. Eight lost lives was all he had. — Ian Anderson

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

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

I went from being a kid-kid, listen to everything from The Beatles through Kiss, Peter Frampton, Jethro Tull classic rock, classic stuff into immediately, it seemed like, Iron Maiden and stuff like that. The first Iron Maiden record and then, obviously, the first Metallica record. — Phil Anselmo

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

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

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

When I was a teenager in the '70s, I was really into those great bands like Led Zeppelin and Queen and Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper. — Steve Vai

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

When punk and new wave styles exploded in the late '70s, some established artists were nimble enough to respond to the changes around them. Some grumbled, "What am I supposed to do, forget how to play?", and continued to ride their dinosaurs into extinction, but others willingly adapted to the streamlining and back-to-basics urges of the times, without giving up all they had learned. Former Genesis singer Peter Gabriel, for example, or former Yes keyboardist Trevor Horn, continued to produce vital, influential music through the '80s and '90s. Ian Anderson has continued to lead Jethro Tull out of the '60s and '70s and quietly through the decades, making high quality music and finding a large enough audience to continue recording and touring worldwide. — Neil Peart

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

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

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

My dad used to love Steely Dan, the Stones, Jethro Tull and all that. There was always Steely Dan going in my dad's car, but I remember The Royal Scam in particular because it has 'Kid Charlemagne' on it. — St. Vincent

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

The original Jethro Tull was a 19th century English agriculturist who invented a seed drill you see ... the first automatic process where by small holes were made in Mother Earth and even smaller seeds were deposited one at a time and neetly covered over as a cat does after having being naughty. — Ian Anderson

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

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