I have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me, and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion. – 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
What Im trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. Its my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think its very much alive. – 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