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.

What the Who is all about is exactly that and it always has been. If it exists today for this concert, it's in response again to a function which is happening out there on the street.

Enjoy life. And be careful what you pray for - remember, you will get it all.

It's terrible feeling like an eligible bachelor but no women seeming to agree with you.

Like so many addicts, I'd thought that if I could only sort out my life, I could then sort out my drinking. It was a revelation to see that it would be simpler the other way around

Man makes machines to man the machines that make the machines.

Songwriting is best. It's the hardest ... finest ... tightest. It also requires the most discipline.