I've learned a huge amount because I've been tested and, more importantly, I've been trusted.

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

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

I respect those who follow religious routes only if they seem to me to be morally proper and in accord with the modern world.

I played the guitar for ten years before I realized it wasn't a weapon.

Punk rock was the tsunami that threatened to drown us all in 1977.

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