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Walk The Lines Of Nature's Palm Crossed With Silver And With Gold.

I Was Quite Keen On Silviculture, The Growing Of Trees, And That Was Something I Gave A Lot Of Thought To. Maybe I Could've Gone In That Direction. But It Just So Happened That While I Was Trying To Make Up My Mind, I Enrolled In Art School, And There I Began To Develop My Interest In Music, Parallel With My Interest In The Visual Arts.

The Flute Was An Alternative To Being A Small Fish In An Increasingly Bigger Pool Filled With A Number Of Great Guitar Players.

Classical Music Only Really Came Into My Life In 1969. I Wish I Had Heard Classical Music And Church Music When I Was A Teenager Or Even As A Child.

When I Was A Teenager, I Really Didn't Like Loud Rock Music. I Listened To Jazz And Blues And Folk Music. I've Always Preferred Acoustic Music. And It Was Only, I Suppose, By The Time Jethro Tull Was Getting Underway That We Did Let The Music Begin To Have A Harder Edge, In Particular With The Electric Guitar Being Alongside The Flute.