Although I was well past my teenage troubles, our music was specifically designed to lubricate the passage from adolescence to adulthood.
Pete TownshendThe music we play has to be tomorrow's, the things we say have to be today, and the reason for bothering is yesterday.
Pete TownshendWhat 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 TownshendFor an electric guitarist to solo effectively on an acoustic guitar you need to develop tricks to avoid the expectation of sustain that comes from playing electrics. Try cascades, for example. Drop arpeggios over open strings, and let the open strings sing as you pick with your fingers. It's kind of a country style of playing, but it works very well in-between heavily strummed parts and fingered lead lines.
Pete Townshend