I bought a Dutch barge and turned it into a recording studio. My plan was to go to Paris and record rolling down the Seine. Pete Townshend More Quotes by Pete Townshend More Quotes From 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 the problems that are there, but to face up to them , but at the same time sort of DANCE ALL OVER THEM. That's what rock and roll is about. Pete Townshend rocks crazy running The day you open your mind to music, you're halfway to opening your mind to life. Pete Townshend opening music mind Respect yourself. Try to remember that not everything in life can be perfect. You will make mistakes. That's inevitable. But you are not ugly. You will only be ugly when you behave in an ugly way. Pete Townshend perfect mistake trying Poverty is not something people impose on themselves for want of effort and community organisation. It is constructed by divisive and discriminatory laws, inflexible organisations, acquisitive ideologies of wealth, a deeply rooted class system and policies which serve privilege in the short term and destroy society in the long term. Pete Townshend law class long Rock 'n' Roll might not solve your problems, but it does let you dance all over them Pete Townshend inspirational-music rocks doe I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf. Pete Townshend deaf hearing trouble Keith Moon, God rest his soul, once drove his car through the glass doors of a hotel, driving all the way up to the reception desk, got out and asked for the key to his room. Pete Townshend glasses moon doors We've got to fool the fools, and plan the plans. We must rule the rules, got to stand the stands. Pete Townshend fool plans inspirational I think I probably would have enjoyed to keep my own private pain out of my work. But I was changed by my audience who said your private pain which you have unwittingly shown us in your early songs is also ours. Pete Townshend pain song thinking Pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday / And I get on my knees and pray. Pete Townshend guitar yesterday play Nothing else in nature behaves so consistently and rigidly as a human being in pursuit of hell. Pete Townshend behave pursuit hell I believe rock can do anything, it's the ultimate vehicle for everything Pete Townshend rocks vehicle believe I smash guitars because I like them. Pete Townshend guitar music funny I played the guitar for ten years before I realized it wasn't a weapon. Pete Townshend guitar weapons years The facts don't always reveal the truth, but the truth always reveals the facts. Pete Townshend adages facts When I grew up, what was interesting for me was that music was color and life was gray. So music for me has always been more than entertainment. Pete Townshend entertainment color interesting Enjoy life. And be careful what you pray for - remember, you will get it all. Pete Townshend enjoy-life remembers-you remember-you If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high you'd laugh and say nothing that simple, but you've been told many times before messiah's point you to the door though no one's got the guts to leave the temple. Pete Townshend simple doors laughing Most of my songs are about Jesus. Most of my songs are about the idea that there is salvation, and that there is a Savior. But I won't mention his name in a song just to get a cheap play. Pete Townshend play song jesus There's no easy way to be free. Pete Townshend easy-way easy way
