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- Although I was well past my teenage troubles, our music was specifically designed to lubricate the passage from adolescence to adulthood.
- Rock music is important to people , because it allows them to escape this crazy world. It allows them not to run away from the…
- Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly…
- For a while I was perfectly happy not performing with 'The Who.' From 1982 to 1989 I felt 'The Who' did not exist. I let…
- It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back the good songs…
- A lot of writing I do on tour. I do a lot on airplanes. At home, I write a lot, obviously. When I write a…
- 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 from…
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