You know, I was a school rebel. Whatever they said do, I didn't do. I was totally anti-everything.

I don't over-sing anymore, which I used to suffer from terribly because I couldn't hear myself.

I can't retire.

I thought if I lost the band, I was dead. If I didn't stick with the Who, I would be a sheet metal worker for the rest of my life.

I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist.

Every generation of rock musician will understand that we wouldn't be anywhere without the support of teenagers buying the records.

I'm realistic about my age and realistic about the fact that there's an awful lot less in front of me than there is behind me. I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist.

I'm a rock god? I'm five foot seven. I had me jaw broken, and so my chin stuck way out. That's how I became tough - I learned to pick up anything and fight back... A rock god!

I feel there must be an enormous amount of really talented songwriters out there who can't sing.

I know without our fans and the devotion of our fans we wouldn't be here. I don't mean to put them down, but I'm just stating a fact that it is hard to play to people that see you all the time and it takes a lot of fun out of it in some ways.

No, I was two years older than the other guys. I was a war baby. My family were a lot poorer than they were. I'd had to fight too hard for anything I had in my life and to smash things up for me.

Fifty per cent of rock is having a good time.

I don't think you should ever say, 'This is the last time'. Music isn't like that. You'll be sitting there not wishing to get onto a stage again for maybe two, three, four, five months, or maybe a year, then suddenly you'll wake up and feel like you've got to do it again. It's in the blood, and I never say never.

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

You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker.

We were too rough at the edges to be a pop group.

Part of the early Who career was all about knocking people's confidences out.

My love for the band is still there. It hasn't changed, maybe that's why it's so painful these days.

Monterey, I remember, but I seem to remember the Fillmore West, that we played the week before Monterey. That was much more memorable for me. The first time in San Francisco. They were good gigs.

In those days I don't' think they were even demos.

I wanted to be in a band that shared ideas and were in it together.

I don't think there's any way it could have failed. We don't know failure in this band. We didn't know failure. We got to know it a little after awhile but at that time there was no such word.

I don't like Tommy on Broadway at all. I like the music, I'm pleased with Pete's success but I don't like what they've done to it.

I don't know many singers who actually do like the sound of their own voice.

I always used to develop a cold going into the studio.

First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice.

But contrary to what some people seem to think, I was never a bully. I was just a hard man.

Unless you've been touched personally, it's difficult to see, but there are millions of people who have no voice whatsoever.

You have to keep fit being a singer - that's part of the job. You can't do it unless you have incredible stamina.

I enjoy singing; being in touch with something that is inside of me.

I never understood that if you sweat as much as I used to every night, you drain your body of salts. So I got very, very, seriously ill. I got to the stage where I was almost hospitalized with serious problems.