But what was interesting about what the Who did is that we took things which were happening in the pop genre and represent them to people so that they see them in a new way. I think the best example…

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As a young man, every bone in my body wanted to pick up a machine...

As a young man, every bone in my body wanted to pick up a machine...

I just could not believe that 30 years later we're still looking at people who...

I just could not believe that 30 years later we're still looking at people who...

I only really started to go to plays and to be interested in drama 20...

I only really started to go to plays and to be interested in drama 20...

We tried not to age, but Time had its rage.

We tried not to age, but Time had its rage.

The problem for me, still today, is that I write purely with one dramatic structure...

The problem for me, still today, is that I write purely with one dramatic structure...

A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend...

A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend...

What the Who is all about is exactly that and it always has been. If...

What the Who is all about is exactly that and it always has been. If...

Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and...

Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and...

I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type...

I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type...

Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved...

Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved...

Everything that I had done creatively related to two or three incidents that happened to...

Everything that I had done creatively related to two or three incidents that happened to...

What we learned quite early on is what was really important to early British pop...

What we learned quite early on is what was really important to early British pop...

I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And...

I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And...

It's like the mod thing is happening again.

It's like the mod thing is happening again.

What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s...

What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s...

Some of our early work was two minutes twenty when it actually came out on...

Some of our early work was two minutes twenty when it actually came out on...

I think I probably would have enjoyed to keep my own private pain out of...

I think I probably would have enjoyed to keep my own private pain out of...

It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that....

It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that....

What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties...

What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties...

Bob Dylan did the first really long record - Like A Rolling Stone - I...

Bob Dylan did the first really long record - Like A Rolling Stone - I...