We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was a wonderful community in Shepherd's Bush, where I grew up. All my friends were into villainy and crime.

I struggled more than anything else to find a voice for this band.

My feeling was that I simply didn't have the enthusiasm to do reinvention.

My place, your place, slapped face, rat race.

You can do too much and oversell your market.

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

We tend to think of age only in time, but I don't think it has much to do with time at all there's a whole load of other things. I've met 16-year-olds who are old and 90-year-olds who are young.