I rather think this is just Ian’s straight-forward take on his experience as the singer/songwriter for Jethro Tull. He talks about the demands of finding time to take in new things to write about, sing them, practice with the band (play in time) and occasionally get some sleep. “Blues were my favourite colour” is an obvious reference to how Tull started as a blues band but quickly progressed to other styles (“I looked around and found another song I felt like singing”) which precipitated the departure of Mick Abrahams who wanted to remain in the blues genre. And “talking to people in my way” is probably about the drudgery of doing so many interviews as spokesman for the band. Backwards guitar - well, this was 1970, so it was probably just Martin Barre’s nod to the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix both of whom used that recording trick on some famous tracks.
I rather think this is just Ian’s straight-forward take on his experience as the singer/songwriter for Jethro Tull. He talks about the demands of finding time to take in new things to write about, sing them, practice with the band (play in time) and occasionally get some sleep. “Blues were my favourite colour” is an obvious reference to how Tull started as a blues band but quickly progressed to other styles (“I looked around and found another song I felt like singing”) which precipitated the departure of Mick Abrahams who wanted to remain in the blues genre. And “talking to people in my way” is probably about the drudgery of doing so many interviews as spokesman for the band. Backwards guitar - well, this was 1970, so it was probably just Martin Barre’s nod to the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix both of whom used that recording trick on some famous tracks.