It's an ordinary day for Brian. Like, he died every day, you know. Pete Townshend More Quotes by Pete Townshend More Quotes From Pete Townshend It's sad when people break up. Pete Townshend breakupbreak-uppeople We are musicians, entertainers. We can do it. We have the right tools. No worries. Pete Townshend musiciantoolsworry I am an animal, my teeth are sharp and my mouth is full, and the passion is strong. Pete Townshend passionstrongphilosophy Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also make it an incredibly fertile place culturally. A brilliant place to live. Sad but true. Pete Townshend hypocrisyclasspeople I want to get inside your bitter mind and see what I can find. Pete Townshend revengemindwant Prayer TV looks like pay TV to me. Pete Townshend religiousprayerreligion I see a boy with his mother's ambition, performing for love, trained in submission. Pete Townshend familyambitionmother Give blood, but you may find that blood is not enough. Pete Townshend maygivingblood Young and old will sit and judge unfeeling, while the empty churches' bells are pealing. And the green hills lay ignored, untended, lonely watchers remain unbefriended. Pete Townshend church-bellslonelyjudging I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine café. Pete Townshend sunshinemorninginspirational 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 what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre. Pete Townshend politicalwritingmen Dance is the only thing that lets you lose yourself and find yourself at the same time. Pete Townshend losing-yourselffinding-yourselfdancing 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. Pete Townshend colorplayculture The Who is now a brand, not a band; but it is a brand that is upheld by its audience, not an industry or a cynical moneymaking machine. Pete Townshend cynicalmachinesband Even as age humbles me it feeds my arrogance. Pete Townshend arroganceinterestage 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. Pete Townshend rockslightsong 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 rollingparisrecords Here comes the new boss Same as the old boss. Pete Townshend bosswork 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. Pete Townshend writingbelieveyears I sing my heart out to the wide open spaces Pete Townshend spaceheartsong
