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
love-is love-is-like heroin
Your love is like heroin.
sex legs faces
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.
parades explanation iniquity
Parade your pallor in iniquity.
strong philosophy passion
I am an animal, my teeth are sharp and my mouth is full, and the passion is strong.
family mother ambition
I see a boy with his mother's ambition, performing for love, trained in submission.
lonely church-bells judging
Young and old will sit and judge unfeeling, while the empty churches' bells are pealing. And the green hills lay ignored, untended, lonely watchers remain unbefriended.
revenge mind want
I want to get inside your bitter mind and see what I can find.
facts adages
The facts don't always reveal the truth, but the truth always reveals the facts.
dancing perception shallow
Is your perception of 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' so shallow that it's violated by dancing raisins?
writing thinking firsts
Good old Pete. That's me. But I find it hard to think of myself in the first person when I'm writing about The Who. So many times he has willingly sat down to write about the good old Who. Isn't he too old to masturbate?
kings facts matter
The fact of the matter is, I'm f**king brilliant. Not 'was' brilliant. 'Am' brilliant.
feelings bachelors terrible
It's terrible feeling like an eligible bachelor but no women seeming to agree with you.
song writing sondheim
I am writing better Stephen Sondheim songs than even Stephen Sondheim is writing.
guitar brands ifs
If I were to have my own brand of guitars, they would have to be industructable.