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Pete Townshend Quotes: "Respect yourself. Try to remember that not everything in life can be perfect. You will make mistakes. That's inevitable. But you are not ugly. You will only be ugly when you behave in an ugly way."

Respect yourself. Try to remember that not everything in life can be perfect. You will make mistakes. That's inevitable. But you are not ugly. You will only be ugly when you behave in an ugly way.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "It's like the mod thing is happening again."

It's like the mod thing is happening again.




Pete Townshend Quotes: "I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf."

I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "Is your perception of 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' so shallow that it's violated by dancing raisins?"

Is your perception of 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' so shallow that it's violated by dancing raisins?




Pete Townshend Quotes: "He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar."

He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth."

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "Rock 'n' Roll might not solve your problems, but it does let you dance all over them"

Rock 'n' Roll might not solve your problems, but it does let you dance all over them




Pete Townshend Quotes: "Keith Moon, God rest his soul, once drove his car through the glass doors of a hotel, driving all the way up to the reception desk, got out and asked for the key to his room."

Keith Moon, God rest his soul, once drove his car through the glass doors of a hotel, driving all the way up to the reception desk, got out and asked for the key to his room.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "I believe rock can do anything, it's the ultimate vehicle for everything"

I believe rock can do anything, it's the ultimate vehicle for everything



Pete Townshend Quotes: "I played the guitar for ten years before I realized it wasn't a weapon."

I played the guitar for ten years before I realized it wasn't a weapon.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "I smash guitars because I like them."

I smash guitars because I like them.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "We've got to fool the fools, and plan the plans. We must rule the rules, got to stand the stands."

We've got to fool the fools, and plan the plans. We must rule the rules, got to stand the stands.




Pete Townshend Quotes: "Enjoy life. And be careful what you pray for - remember, you will get it all."

Enjoy life. And be careful what you pray for - remember, you will get it all.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "When I grew up, what was interesting for me was that music was color and life was gray. So music for me has always been more than entertainment."

When I grew up, what was interesting for me was that music was color and life was gray. So music for me has always been more than entertainment.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "Hearing loss is a terrible thing because it cannot be repaired."

Hearing loss is a terrible thing because it cannot be repaired.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "Pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday / And I get on my knees and pray."

Pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday / And I get on my knees and pray.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "I only really started to go to plays and to be interested in drama 20 years ago when as an artist I was already well-rounded. I think I'm more disciplined today."

I only really started to go to plays and to be interested in drama 20 years ago when as an artist I was already well-rounded. I think I'm more disciplined today.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "Nothing else in nature behaves so consistently and rigidly as a human being in pursuit of hell."

Nothing else in nature behaves so consistently and rigidly as a human being in pursuit of hell.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "The Who got paid 4000 pounds during those days, but we always smashed our equipment that cost more than 5000 pounds."

The Who got paid 4000 pounds during those days, but we always smashed our equipment that cost more than 5000 pounds.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "Keith Moon is not interested in Jazz and won't ever be a Jazz drummer because he's more interested in looking good and being screamed at."

Keith Moon is not interested in Jazz and won't ever be a Jazz drummer because he's more interested in looking good and being screamed at.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "If you don't want anyone to know anything about you, don't write anything."

If you don't want anyone to know anything about you, don't write anything.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won't be classified as just a man."

I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won't be classified as just a man.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "Deep inside of every human being is this feeling that nothing is ever going to be complete, that the circle will never connect - and that itself is the secret to infinity."

Deep inside of every human being is this feeling that nothing is ever going to be complete, that the circle will never connect - and that itself is the secret to infinity.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "Parade your pallor in iniquity."

Parade your pallor in iniquity.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "The facts don't always reveal the truth, but the truth always reveals the facts."

The facts don't always reveal the truth, but the truth always reveals the facts.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "There's no easy way to be free."

There's no easy way to be free.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "I'M FREE! - I'm free, And freedom tastes of reality, I'm free - I'm free, An' I'm waiting for you to follow me."

I'M FREE! - I'm free, And freedom tastes of reality, I'm free - I'm free, An' I'm waiting for you to follow me.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "I have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me, and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion."

I have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me, and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "No one respects the flame quite like the fool who's badly burned"

No one respects the flame quite like the fool who's badly burned



Pete Townshend Quotes: "It's the singer not the song that makes the music move along."

It's the singer not the song that makes the music move along.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "Most of my songs are about Jesus. Most of my songs are about the idea that there is salvation, and that there is a Savior. But I won't mention his name in a song just to get a cheap play."

Most of my songs are about Jesus. Most of my songs are about the idea that there is salvation, and that there is a Savior. But I won't mention his name in a song just to get a cheap play.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "The fact of the matter is, I'm f**king brilliant. Not 'was' brilliant. 'Am' brilliant."

The fact of the matter is, I'm f**king brilliant. Not 'was' brilliant. 'Am' brilliant.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "I'm an air-conditioned gypsy."

I'm an air-conditioned gypsy.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "What theatre started to look at much earlier than any other form was the internal operations of ordinary people, sometimes using mythic models in order to tell the story."

What theatre started to look at much earlier than any other form was the internal operations of ordinary people, sometimes using mythic models in order to tell the story.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "In the midnight of a soul's unsleeping, hear the waterfall of women weeping. Hear the distant noise of traffic stalling, hear the prostituted children calling."

In the midnight of a soul's unsleeping, hear the waterfall of women weeping. Hear the distant noise of traffic stalling, hear the prostituted children calling.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "It's sad when people break up."

It's sad when people break up.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "What the English like to do is to face reality with a glass of port and a tear and fade off like Basil Rathbone into the sunset."

What the English like to do is to face reality with a glass of port and a tear and fade off like Basil Rathbone into the sunset.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "It's an ordinary day for Brian. Like, he died every day, you know."

It's an ordinary day for Brian. Like, he died every day, you know.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "Everything that I had done creatively related to two or three incidents that happened to me when I was a child that I'd forgotten. Everything, absolutely everything."

Everything that I had done creatively related to two or three incidents that happened to me when I was a child that I'd forgotten. Everything, absolutely everything.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending."

A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "I don't need to fight / To prove I'm right / I don't need to be forgiven"

I don't need to fight / To prove I'm right / I don't need to be forgiven



Pete Townshend Quotes: "Songwriting is best. It's the hardest ... finest ... tightest. It also requires the most discipline."

Songwriting is best. It's the hardest ... finest ... tightest. It also requires the most discipline.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "I'm only interested in rites of passage stories."

I'm only interested in rites of passage stories.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "No matter what happens in the future, rock and roll will save the world."

No matter what happens in the future, rock and roll will save the world.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "Rock is very, very important and very, very ridiculous."

Rock is very, very important and very, very ridiculous.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "Bob Dylan did the first really long record - Like A Rolling Stone - I think it was four minutes."

Bob Dylan did the first really long record - Like A Rolling Stone - I think it was four minutes.



Pete Townshend Quotes: "I don't 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."

I don't 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 Quotes: "Everything that has befallen you happened simply cause it crossed your mind."

Everything that has befallen you happened simply cause it crossed your mind.