Songwriting is best. It's the hardest ... finest ... tightest. It also requires the most discipline.
Pete TownshendNothing else in nature behaves so consistently and rigidly as a human being in pursuit of hell.
Pete TownshendEntertainment came out of this thing called a television, and it was gray. Most of the films that we saw at the cinema were black and white. It was a gray world. And music somehow was in color.
Pete TownshendWhat I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It's my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it's very much alive.
Pete TownshendWhat 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.
Pete Townshend