I played the guitar for ten years before I realized it wasn't a weapon. — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
“In 1945 music had a serious purpose; to defy post war depression & revitalize the romantic & hopeful aspirations of an exhausted ppl.” — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
I am writing better Stephen Sondheim songs than even Stephen Sondheim is writing. — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar. — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
“Since so much of this music bubbled up urgently from my subconsious mind, I'm left to interpret it much like anyone else.” — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Although I dig my guitar playing, I think it's kind of an obvious situation; I play what I want to play within… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Songwriting is best. It's the hardest ... finest ... tightest. It also requires the most discipline. — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
People say, You've gotta go on, man, otherwise all those kids, they'll be finished, they'll have nothing to live for. That's rock… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
The day you open your mind to music, you're halfway to opening your mind to life. — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
“I was regarded by my parents as having little musical talent other than a thin, nasal soprano voice. I was forbidden to… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
My father was in a dance band, and I wanted to do what he did, play the saxophone, but I couldn't blow… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
I felt that the elegance of pop music was that it was reflective: we were holding up a mirror to our audience… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
I used to try and make up visually for what I couldn't play as a musician. I used to get into very… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Most of my songs are about Jesus. Most of my songs are about the idea that there is salvation, and that there… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Rock music is important to people , because it allows them to escape this crazy world. It allows them not to run… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
What the Who is all about is exactly that and it always has been. If it exists today for this concert, it's… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
For an electric guitarist to solo effectively on an acoustic guitar you need to develop tricks to avoid the expectation of sustain… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
We have to focus on his early work, and just one or two of his movies, and elements of his TV shows,… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
A lot of writing I do on tour. I do a lot on airplanes. At home, I write a lot, obviously. When… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
If I were to have my own brand of guitars, they would have to be industructable. — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
For a while I was perfectly happy not performing with 'The Who.' From 1982 to 1989 I felt 'The Who' did not… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
It's the most psychedelic experience I ever had, going to see Hendrix play. When he started to play, something changed: colors changed,… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
I think I probably would have enjoyed to keep my own private pain out of my work. But I was changed by… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
I sing my heart out to the wide open spaces I sing my heart out to the infinite sea I sing my… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
What we learned quite early on is what was really important to early British pop that we produced-and this is where we were distinct… — Pete Townshend Copy Share
We've got to fool the fools, and plan the plans. We must rule the rules, got to stand the stands. — Pete Townshend Copy Share
“I was surprised at how much I enjoyed meeting fans face to face. They're less scary when they aren't going nuts at a Who… — Pete Townshend Copy Share
Although I dig my guitar playing, I think it's kind of an obvious situation; I play what I want to play within my own… — Pete Townshend Copy Share
I'M FREE! - I'm free, And freedom tastes of reality, I'm free - I'm free, An' I'm waiting for you to follow me. — Pete Townshend Copy Share
“Roger Daltrey had been expelled for smoking, but was still impudently showing up on campus to visit his various cronies. I'd first met him… — Pete Townshend Copy Share
Keith Moon is not interested in Jazz and won't ever be a Jazz drummer because he's more interested in looking good and being screamed… — Pete Townshend Copy Share
Rock music is important to people , because it allows them to escape this crazy world. It allows them not to run away from… — Pete Townshend Copy Share
Everything that has befallen you happened simply cause it crossed your mind. — Pete Townshend Copy Share
Water is more precious than oil. Both are more precious than music. Music won't heat a house or help a plant to grow. — Pete Townshend Copy Share
