Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshendis an English musician, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the rock band The Who. His career with the Who spans more than 50 years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the most influential bands of the 20th century...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth19 May 1945
CityLondon, England
kissing boys social-taboos
Rough boys I wanna bite and kiss you.
parades explanation iniquity
Parade your pallor in iniquity.
facts adages
The facts don't always reveal the truth, but the truth always reveals the facts.
kings facts matter
The fact of the matter is, I'm f**king brilliant. Not 'was' brilliant. 'Am' brilliant.
sunset reality glasses
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.
loud needed knows
Looking back, I don't know why we needed it to be quite so loud all the time.
activism fooled
We won't get fooled again!
arrogance age interest
Even as age humbles me it feeds my arrogance. There is still nothing that interests me as much as myself.
cynical machines band
The Who is now a brand, not a band; but it is a brand that is upheld by its audience, not an industry or a cynical moneymaking machine.
ordinary-days brian died
It's an ordinary day for Brian. Like, he died every day, you know.
ive-learned huge tested
I've learned a huge amount because I've been tested and, more importantly, I've been trusted.
paris records dutch
I bought a Dutch barge and turned it into a recording studio. My plan was to go to Paris and record rolling down the Seine.
teenage past trouble
Although I was well past my teenage troubles, our music was specifically designed to lubricate the passage from adolescence to adulthood.
delivered easily felt life needed success
I needed to give back, give back, give back. I felt guilty about my success. I felt uncomfortable about how easily I had been delivered this extraordinary life that I had.