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Pete Townshend Quotes

What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh.

Pete Townshend
Actor, Author, Composer, Guitarist, Lyricist, Singer

Topics in Father Laughter

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Tags in Theatrical Exposure Jewish Character Took Desire

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Quotes by Pete Townshend

I’m only interested in rites of passage stories.

Pete Townshend

Topics in Uncategorized

Tags in Interesting
What I’m trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It’s my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it’s very much alive.

Pete Townshend

Topics in Uncategorized

Tags in Theatre, Working, Drama, Music, Remain, Angle
I just could not believe that 30 years later we’re still looking at people who are supposed to write little 2-minute pop that when they actually try to do something that’s a little bit more they regard it as pretentious.

Pete Townshend

Topics in Uncategorized

Tags in Regard, Actually, Pop, Pretentious, Year, Later, Looking
As a young man, every bone in my body wanted to pick up a machine gun and kill Germans. And yet I had absolutely no reason to do so. Certainly nobody invited me to do the job. But that’s what I felt that I was trained to do. Now no part of my upbringing was militaristic.

Pete Townshend

Topics in Uncategorized

Tags in Invited, Germans, Upbringing, Nobody, Bone, Kill
He is the king. If it hadn’t been for Link Wray and ‘Rumble,’ I would have never picked up a guitar.

Pete Townshend

Topics in Uncategorized

Tags in Rumble, Link
Most of my songs are about Jesus. Most of my songs are about the idea that there is salvation, and that there is a Savior. But I won’t mention his name in a song just to get a cheap play.

Pete Townshend

Topics in Uncategorized

Tags in Salvation, Savior, Mention, Songs, Jesus

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Pete Townshend

Birth:	19th May, 1945
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actor, Author, Composer, Guitarist, Lyricist, Singer

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