What we learned quite early on is what was really important to early … — Pete Townshend

What we learned quite early on is what was really important to early British pop that we produced-and this is where we were distinct from almost everybody else in this respect-is that it had to reflect exactly what the audience wanted us to say.

Pete TownshendMusician · British · b. 1945

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There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve. — Henry David Thoreau
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect. — George Bernard Shaw
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He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar. — Pete Townshend