The Who is now a brand, not a band; but it is a brand that is upheld by its audience, not an industry or a cynical moneymaking machine.

I only really started to go to plays and to be interested in drama 20 years ago when as an artist I was already well-rounded. I think I'm more disciplined today.

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

A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending.

Rumors went round that I might be gay. In some ways, I was happy w/ this. Larry Rivers proved to me that a gay man could be wild, attractive, and courageous; in any case one's sexuality was becoming less of an issue every day. One of the great things about the British Mod movement was that being macho was no longer the only measure of manhood.

The fact of the matter is, I'm f**king brilliant. Not 'was' brilliant. 'Am' brilliant.

I am writing better Stephen Sondheim songs than even Stephen Sondheim is writing.