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Pete Townshend Quotes

A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me, and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion Picture Quote #1

Backstage, I get sleepy, and want to curl up and snooze. I never get nervous, whatever the event. I feel quite detached until I walk on stage, and then some gear inside me clicks and off I go like a wind up doll Picture Quote #1

I’ve learned a huge amount because I’ve been tested and, more importantly, I’ve been trusted Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I think I probably would have enjoyed to keep my own private pain out of my work. But I was changed by my audience who said your private pain which you have unwittingly shown us in your early songs is also ours Picture Quote #1

What I’m trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It’s my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it’s very much alive Picture Quote #1

The problem for me, still today, is that I write purely with one dramatic structure and that is the rite of passage. I’m not really skilled in any other. Rock and roll itself can be described as music to accompany the rite of passage Picture Quote #1

If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high you’d laugh and say nothing that simple, but you’ve been told many times before messiah’s point you to the door though no one’s got the guts to leave the temple Picture Quote #1

It wasn’t just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back the good songs and using techniques that I knew about from rock performance Picture Quote #1

I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf Picture Quote #1

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I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won’t be classified as just a man Picture Quote #1

We’ve got to fool the fools, and plan the plans. We must rule the rules, got to stand the stands Picture Quote #1

Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He’s overrated Picture Quote #1

Tough boys running the streets, come a little closer. Rough toys under the sheets, nobody knows her Picture Quote #1

I see a boy with his mother’s ambition, performing for love, trained in submission Picture Quote #1

There’s a man upon that ledge, he’s only cleaning windows. What a shame for the pain we’re missing. Gonna lean back on my wall and pray for him to fall Picture Quote #1

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The facts don’t always reveal the truth, but the truth always reveals the facts Picture Quote #1

I am an animal, my teeth are sharp and my mouth is full, and the passion is strong Picture Quote #1

Once she woke with untamed lover’s face between her legs, now he’s cooled and stifled and it’s she who has to beg Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Poverty is not something people impose on themselves for want of effort and community organisation. It is constructed by divisive and discriminatory laws, inflexible organisations, acquisitive ideologies of wealth, a deeply rooted class system and policies which serve privilege in the short term and destroy society in the long term Picture Quote #1

The circling horse was an oblique warning that I would repeat the same mistake eternally. Would the law of averages allow it? Can anything continue without change? Nothing else in nature behaves so consistently and rigidly as a human being in pursuit of hell Picture Quote #1

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If you don’t want anyone to know anything about you, don’t write anything Picture Quote #1

I played the guitar for ten years before I realized it wasn’t a weapon Picture Quote #1

Dance is the only thing that lets you lose yourself and find yourself at the same time Picture Quote #1

Although I was well past my teenage troubles, our music was specifically designed to lubricate the passage from adolescence to adulthood Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The music we play has to be tomorrow’s, the things we say have to be today, and the reason for bothering is yesterday Picture Quote #1

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A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending (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 (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 (Pete Townshend Quotes) Backstage, I get sleepy, and want to curl up and snooze. I never get nervous, whatever the event. I feel quite detached until I walk on stage, and then some gear inside me clicks and off I go like a wind up doll (Pete Townshend Quotes) I’ve learned a huge amount because I’ve been tested and, more importantly, I’ve been trusted (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 (Pete Townshend Quotes) I think I probably would have enjoyed to keep my own private pain out of my work. But I was changed by my audience who said your private pain which you have unwittingly shown us in your early songs is also ours (Pete Townshend Quotes) What I’m trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It’s my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it’s very much alive (Pete Townshend Quotes) The problem for me, still today, is that I write purely with one dramatic structure and that is the rite of passage. I’m not really skilled in any other. Rock and roll itself can be described as music to accompany the rite of passage (Pete Townshend Quotes) If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high you’d laugh and say nothing that simple, but you’ve been told many times before messiah’s point you to the door though no one’s got the guts to leave the temple (Pete Townshend Quotes) It wasn’t just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back the good songs and using techniques that I knew about from rock performance (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 (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 (Pete Townshend Quotes) We’ve got to fool the fools, and plan the plans. We must rule the rules, got to stand the stands (Pete Townshend Quotes) Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He’s overrated (Pete Townshend Quotes) Tough boys running the streets, come a little closer. Rough toys under the sheets, nobody knows her (Pete Townshend Quotes) I see a boy with his mother’s ambition, performing for love, trained in submission (Pete Townshend Quotes) There’s a man upon that ledge, he’s only cleaning windows. What a shame for the pain we’re missing. Gonna lean back on my wall and pray for him to fall (Pete Townshend Quotes) The facts don’t always reveal the truth, but the truth always reveals the facts (Pete Townshend Quotes) I am an animal, my teeth are sharp and my mouth is full, and the passion is strong (Pete Townshend Quotes) Once she woke with untamed lover’s face between her legs, now he’s cooled and stifled and it’s she who has to beg (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 (Pete Townshend Quotes) Poverty is not something people impose on themselves for want of effort and community organisation. It is constructed by divisive and discriminatory laws, inflexible organisations, acquisitive ideologies of wealth, a deeply rooted class system and policies which serve privilege in the short term and destroy society in the long term (Pete Townshend Quotes) The circling horse was an oblique warning that I would repeat the same mistake eternally. Would the law of averages allow it? Can anything continue without change? Nothing else in nature behaves so consistently and rigidly as a human being in pursuit of hell (Pete Townshend Quotes) If you don’t want anyone to know anything about you, don’t write anything (Pete Townshend Quotes) I played the guitar for ten years before I realized it wasn’t a weapon (Pete Townshend Quotes) Dance is the only thing that lets you lose yourself and find yourself at the same time (Pete Townshend Quotes) Although I was well past my teenage troubles, our music was specifically designed to lubricate the passage from adolescence to adulthood (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 (Pete Townshend Quotes) The music we play has to be tomorrow’s, the things we say have to be today, and the reason for bothering is yesterday (Pete Townshend Quotes)

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