“I played the guitar for ten years before I realized it wasn't a weapon.”
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Famous Pete Townshend Quotes
“Hearing loss is a terrible thing because it cannot be repaired.”
“Pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday / And I get on my knees and pray.”
“A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending.”
“We've got to fool the fools, and plan the plans. We must rule the rules, got to stand the stands.”
“I see a boy with his mother's ambition, performing for love, trained in submission.”
“Man makes machines to man the machines that make the machines.”
“The facts don't always reveal the truth, but the truth always reveals the facts.”
“I want to get inside your bitter mind and see what I can find.”
“Everything that has befallen you happened simply cause it crossed your mind.”
“I am an animal, my teeth are sharp and my mouth is full, and the passion is strong.”