Hearing loss is a terrible thing because it cannot be repaired.

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.

Any fool can hide, few can play.

No one respects the flame quite like the fool who's badly burned

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

What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh...Songwriting is best. It's the hardest-finest-tightest. It also requires the most discipline.

Don't cry Don't raise your eye Its only teenage wasteland.