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This band makes sure that we have whole sections of stuff that are free form so that they don't know what we are doing next, that is the fun part of playing. You are playing something that you haven't ever played before.
John Entwistle The Who -
I used to be a great blues singer.
Roger Daltrey The Who
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I've learned a huge amount because I've been tested and, more importantly, I've been trusted.
Pete Townshend The Who -
All you could do was to see them. We were backstage when the Beatles were on and you could just about hear a noise. It was just literally screaming.
Roger Daltrey The Who -
With bass, especially bottom end, the vibration has to happen on stage otherwise the feel is wrong. This is why you can't scale the equipment down too far.
John Entwistle The Who -
The first eight songs we were using someone else's monitors and it is hard to follow the changes when you are jamming if you can't hear those who you are jamming with.
John Entwistle The Who -
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.
Pete Townshend The Who -
You can do too much and oversell your market.
Roger Daltrey The Who
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I love Adele. That's a lead singer; that's the real deal.
Roger Daltrey The Who -
First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice.
Roger Daltrey The Who -
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 The Who -
I don't care what people say about me.
Roger Daltrey The Who -
I needed to give back, give back, give back. I felt guilty about my success. I felt uncomfortable about how easily I had been delivered this extraordinary life that I had.
Pete Townshend The Who -
I mean, Eighteen years old is the age of consent in Europe and you can go anywhere and do anything you like. In America, it is dumb. At eighteen you should be able to do anything that you like, except get married.
John Entwistle The Who
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I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that.
John Entwistle The Who -
I don't like Tommy on Broadway at all. I like the music, I'm pleased with Pete's success but I don't like what they've done to it.
Roger Daltrey The Who -
I have got an anthology album out. The American version has got the same mixes but the European version, I remixed them in the studio and added a couple of things that I have always wanted to add.
John Entwistle The Who -
Monterey, I remember, but I seem to remember the Fillmore West, that we played the week before Monterey. That was much more memorable for me. The first time in San Francisco. They were good gigs.
Roger Daltrey The Who -
I don't think you should ever say, 'This is the last time'. Music isn't like that. You'll be sitting there not wishing to get onto a stage again for maybe two, three, four, five months, or maybe a year, then suddenly you'll wake up and feel like you've got to do it again. It's in the blood, and I never say never.
Roger Daltrey The Who -
Fifty per cent of rock is having a good time.
Roger Daltrey The Who
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Who would have ever thought that I'd end up saying that I want to be an all-around entertainer? But that's what I want to be.
Roger Daltrey The Who -
Backstage, I get sleepy, and want to curl up and snooze. I never get nervous, whatever the event. I feel quite detached until I walk on stage, and then some gear inside me clicks and off I go like a wind up doll.
Pete Townshend The Who -
European fisheries are a disaster. The American fisheries are well-kept.
Roger Daltrey The Who -
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 almost everybody else in this respect-is that it had to reflect exactly what the audience wanted us to say.
Pete Townshend The Who