Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also make it an incredibly fertile place culturally. A brilliant place to live. Sad but true.

Quote by Pete Townshend

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He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would...

He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

I'm only interested in rites of passage stories.

I'm only interested in rites of passage stories.

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 was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

What theatre started to look at much earlier than any other form was the internal...

What theatre started to look at much earlier than any other form was the internal...

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...

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...

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...

But what was interesting about what the Who did is that we took things which...

But what was interesting about what the Who did is that we took things which...

It's like the mod thing is happening again.

It's like the mod thing is happening again.