Pete Townshend Quotes

United Kingdom, Musician
May 19, 1945

Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and principal songwriter for the rock band The Who. His career with the Who spans over 50 years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the most important and influential rock bands of the 20th century.

Also known as Singer, Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist

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 The Who
- Music
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 The Who
- Men
- Writing
- Political

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 restrictions.

Pete Townshend The Who
I don't view the fans in the way that most performers do. As a mass of people who have paid money, I know what they want. It's a very, very, very, very, very low common denominator.

Pete Townshend The Who
- People
- Money
It's an ordinary day for Brian. Like, he died every day, you know.

Pete Townshend The Who
I have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me, and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion.

Pete Townshend The Who