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Quote by Pete Townshend
What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of th

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

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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 have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me, and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion. – 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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In music the passions enjoy themselves. – Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, 1886

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Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but theyre also practicing math. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Ive programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And thats the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come – you know, the stories and things like that. – R. Kelly

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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards. – Keith Richards

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