Jethro Tull: Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die
Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 8 May 1976
ON A quick perusal of the field I reckon Ian Anderson is the most articulate rocker I've ever encountered. In fact hearing him talk is probably a pleasure more unalloyed than listening to his music which is unusual in that it all sounds very much the same and yet is also very inconsistent.
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