Everything that I had done creatively related to two or three incidents that happened to me when I was a child that I'd forgotten. Everything, absolutely everything.

Quote by Pete Townshend

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It's like the mod thing is happening again.

It's like the mod thing is happening again.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...