Pete Townshend Quotes - Page 4

Man makes machines to man the machines that make the machines.

Let my love open the door To yourheart.

Link is a quiet man to meet- easy and courteous. His music, though, betrays that deep inside he gets very very mean very often. I remember being made very uneasy the first time I heard Rumble , and yet very excited by the guitar sound. And his voice! He sounds like a cross between Jagger and Van Morrison, even sometimes like Robbie Robertson. We met him in New York in 1970 while recording Who's Next.... this later inspired the b-side Wasp Man, a tune we dedicated to Link Wray.

If I were to have my own brand of guitars, they would have to be industructable.

A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending.

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 and using techniques that I knew about from rock performance.

It's terrible feeling like an eligible bachelor but no women seeming to agree with you.

I want to get inside your bitter mind and see what I can find.

It's the most psychedelic experience I ever had, going to see Hendrix play. When he started to play, something changed: colors changed, everything changed.

Looking back, I don't know why we needed it to be quite so loud all the time.

We are musicians, entertainers. We can do it. We have the right tools. No worries.

I'm only interested in rites of passage stories.

We won't get fooled again!

Give blood, but you may find that blood is not enough.

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 the band go, in my heart. However, Roger Daltrey had other ideas. He would not let go.

I've learned a huge amount because I've been tested and, more importantly, I've been trusted.

It's an ordinary day for Brian. Like, he died every day, you know.

What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh...Songwriting is best. It's the hardest-finest-tightest. It also requires the most discipline.

Here comes the new boss Same as the old boss.

I just could not believe that 30 years later we're still looking at people who are supposed to write little 2-minute pop that when they actually try to do something that's a little bit more they regard it as pretentious.

It's like the mod thing is happening again.

I only really started to go to plays and to be interested in drama 20 years ago when as an artist I was already well-rounded. I think I'm more disciplined today.

I am an animal, my teeth are sharp and my mouth is full, and the passion is strong.

What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It's my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it's very much alive.

I sing my heart out to the wide open spaces I sing my heart out to the infinite sea I sing my vision to the sky-high mountains I sing my song to the free.