“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
“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
We are musicians, entertainers. We can do it. We have the right tools. No worries. — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
The music we play has to be tomorrow's, the things we say have to be today, and the reason for bothering is… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Water is more precious than oil. Both are more precious than music. Music won't heat a house or help a plant to… — 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 don't really know any other musicians like me. I grew up backstage with my dad who played in a post-war dance… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create… — 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
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
“I heard in my own voice the tulmult of a young man playig a role, uneasily, repackaging black R&B music from America,… — 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
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
When I grew up, what was interesting for me was that music was color and life was gray. So music for me… — 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
“We didn't need light & shade, irony or humor. An iconic Daltrey bellow could convey an extrodinary range of human emotion; withering… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
“Do you realize why is it I'm so driven to operate within the Establishment? It's vengeance. 'Hope I die before I get… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
I saw the Internet as being something which would allow power mongers to control us, and that we would willingly go to… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
I am writing better Stephen Sondheim songs than even Stephen Sondheim is writing. — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Although I was well past my teenage troubles, our music was specifically designed to lubricate the passage from adolescence to adulthood. — 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
Many were starting to use computerized synthesizers & drum machines to produce an entirely new style of music. It was being punted… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Link is a quiet man to meet- easy and courteous. His music, though, betrays that deep inside he gets very very mean… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
