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title: "2 Early work Quotes By Pete Townshend"
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> [Some of our early work was two minutes twenty when it actually came out on vinyl, very, very, very short. Sometimes if you made a three-minute record they would make you do an edited version for radio, particularly in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/some-of-our-early-work-was-two-minutes-twenty-when-it-actually-came/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/pete-townshend-2499_actually_some-of-our-early-work-was-two-minutes-t_1271145.jpg)

> [We have to focus on his early work, and just one or two of his movies, and elements of his TV shows, to keep his memory pure. People now know that Elvis could play a mean rhythm guitar himself, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/we-have-to-focus-on-his-early-work-and-just-one-or-two-of-his-movies/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71c/pete-townshend-2499_early-work_we-have-to-focus-on-his-early-work-and-j_1534831.jpg)

## More by Pete Townshend

> [Here comes the new boss Same as the old boss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/here-comes-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/what-we-learned-quite-early-on-is-what-was-really-important-to-early/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

> [We've got to fool the fools, and plan the plans. We must rule the rules, got to stand the stands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/we-ve-got-to-fool-the-fools-and-plan-the-plans-we-must-rule-the-rules/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/i-was-surprised-at-how-much-i-enjoyed-meeting-fans-face-to-face-they/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/although-i-dig-my-guitar-playing-i-think-it-s-kind-of-an-obvious/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

> [Rough boys I wanna bite and kiss you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/rough-boys-i-wanna-bite-and-kiss-you/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/i-m-free-i-m-free-and-freedom-tastes-of-reality-i-m-free-i-m-free-an/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/roger-daltrey-had-been-expelled-for-smoking-but-was-still-impudently/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/keith-moon-is-not-interested-in-jazz-and-won-t-ever-be-a-jazz-drummer/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

> [Rock music is important to people , because it allows them to escape this crazy world. It allows them not to run away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/rock-music-is-important-to-people-because-it-allows-them-to-escape/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

> [Hearing loss is a terrible thing because it cannot be repaired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/hearing-loss-is-a-terrible-thing-because-it-cannot-be-repaired/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

> [I smash guitars because I like them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/i-smash-guitars-because-i-like-them/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

> [Everything that has befallen you happened simply cause it crossed your mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/everything-that-has-befallen-you-happened-simply-cause-it-crossed/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

> [Can't pretend that growin' older never hurts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/can-t-pretend-that-growin-older-never-hurts/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

> [Water is more precious than oil. Both are more precious than music. Music won't heat a house or help a plant to grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/water-is-more-precious-than-oil-both-are-more-precious-than-music/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

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