No, I was two years older than the other guys. I was a war baby. My family were a lot poorer than they were. I'd had to fight too hard for anything I had in my life and to smash things up for me.

The Who would never have been successful without two special people, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp

I used to take amphetamines until I realized that amphetamines didn't go with being a good singer.

My love for the band is still there. It hasn't changed, maybe that's why it's so painful these days.

Rock n' roll seems to have changed society much more than any politician, I think it really has.

Nikki Lamborn has the best female rock voice since Janis Joplin and I know what I’m talking about, I knew Janis.

I love Adele. That's a lead singer; that's the real deal.