I think we are incumbent, I am incumbent, the Who is incumbent, anybody that produces anything by me is incumbent by my Englishness.

If it screams truth rather than help, if it commits itself with a courage that it can't be sure it really has, if it stands up and admits that something is wrong, but doesn't insist on blood, then it's rock n' roll.

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

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

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.

Water is more precious than oil. Both are more precious than music. Music won't heat a house or help a plant to grow.

I felt that the elegance of pop music was that it was reflective: we were holding up a mirror to our audience and reflecting them philosophically and spiritually, rather than just reflecting society or something called 'rock and roll.'