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Entertainment came out of this thing called a television, and it w

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

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I felt that the elegance of pop music was that it was reflective: we were holding up a mirror to our audience and reflecting them philosophically and spiritually, rather than just reflecting society or something called rock and roll. – Pete Townshend

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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

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I sure saw a lot of kids that Im sure didnt know a lot about us, or we were definitely new to them. The kids who came up to me afterward, wed talk about music, sign a lot of autographs. So Im sure we made a lot of new fans. – Joan Jett

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Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. – Ludwig van Beethoven

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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else. – Lily Tomlin

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I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesnt exist without the performance-art element. – Lady Gaga

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