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

There's a man upon that ledge, he's only cleaning windows. What a shame for the pain we're missing. Gonna lean back on my wall and pray for him to fall.

Tough boys running the streets, come a little closer. Rough toys under the sheets, nobody knows her.

Backstage, I get sleepy, and want to curl up and snooze. I never get nervous, whatever the event. I feel quite detached until I walk on stage, and then some gear inside me clicks and off I go like a wind up doll.

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.

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

When I grew up, what was interesting for me was that music was color and life was gray. So music for me has always been more than entertainment.