"I don't think it's very easy to make friends with musicians. We're all a bit paranoid. It soon becomes very heavy."

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“Jethro Tull by neexistovali bez Martina Barreho.”

“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.”

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“I may make you feel but I can't make you thinkYour sperm's in the gutter, your love's in the sink.”

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