I dont really know any other musicians like me. I grew up backstage with my dad who played in a post-war dance band, so I always feel at home at a venue. – Pete Townshend
Entertainment came out of this thing called a television, and it was gray. Most of the films that we saw at the cinema were black and white. It was a gray world. And music somehow was in color. – Pete Townshend
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
I wasnt aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian childrens entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when Id say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, oh, is he Ralph Harris? And I had to say no and then they would lose interest. – Jared Harris