Editing Ian Anderson (section)

==Early life==
Ian Anderson was born in [[Dunfermline]], [[Fife]], Scotland, the youngest of three brothers, to an English mother and a Scottish father. Anderson said, "I am a Brit. I'm a Brit. I see myself as a product of that union."<ref>{{cite news |title=Scots flautist Ian Anderson on successful career as leader of Jethro Tull |date=8 May 2014 |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/scots-flautist-ian-anderson-successful-3515199 |work=Daily Record |access-date=17 March 2020}}</ref> His father, James Anderson, ran the RSA Boiler Fluid Company in East Port, Dunfermline.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=The Entertainers – Brothers score stage success |url=http://www.tullpress.com/dp19oct79.htm |url-status=dead |website=Tullpress.com |date=19 October 1979 |access-date=8 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311104953/http://www.tullpress.com/dp19oct79.htm |archive-date=11 March 2012 }}</ref> Anderson's family moved to [[Edinburgh]] when he was three.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wordpodcast.co.uk/2018/02/14/word-podcast-279-ian-anderson-celebrates-the-50th-anniversary-of-jethro-tull/|title=Word Podcast 279 – Ian Anderson celebrates the 50th anniversary of Jethro Tull|website=Wordpodcast.co.uk|access-date=15 July 2022|archive-date=3 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703083424/http://wordpodcast.co.uk/2018/02/14/word-podcast-279-ian-anderson-celebrates-the-50th-anniversary-of-jethro-tull/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was influenced by his father's [[big band]] and [[jazz]] [[Gramophone record|record]]s and the emergence of rock music, but was disenchanted with the "showbiz" style of early American [[rock and roll]] stars like [[Elvis Presley]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ian Anderson (2 of 11) – The Formative Years | date=9 January 2008 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4mNh5fMGOg&feature=fvwrel | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/p4mNh5fMGOg| archive-date=17 November 2021 | url-status=live|via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Anderson's family moved in 1959 to [[Blackpool]], England, where he was educated at [[Blackpool Grammar School]].<ref>Nollen, Scott Allen. ''Jethro Tull: A History of the Band, 1968–2001'', p. 23. McFarland, 2001. {{ISBN|0-7864-1101-5}}</ref> In a 2011 interview, Anderson said he was asked to leave grammar school for refusing to submit to corporal punishment (permitted at that time).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVPUZZaPDYk | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/zVPUZZaPDYk| archive-date=17 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=Ian Anderson on Studio 4 with Host Fanny Kiefer Part 1 of 2 | date=21 June 2011|via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He studied fine art at [[Blackpool and The Fylde College|Blackpool College of Art]] from 1964 to 1966 while living in [[Lytham St Annes]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/chance-to-share-your-jethro-tull-memories-1-6922393|title=Chance to share your Jethro Tull memories|date=29 October 2014|website=Blackpoolgazette.co.uk|access-date=9 July 2016}}</ref>