Quotes by Roger Daltrey

“It was a period when the record industry was growing so fast and the business couldnt keep up. Bands were leading the way; it was driven by the art and not the business. Now its driven by the business.”

“I am trying to do things and sing songs that I used to sing 30 years ago, and my voice has changed. I cant hit some of the real high notes I used to hit, but it makes you have to explore different avenues.”

“Mike is a genius. I can really see him as Keith. Hes amazing when you meet him, so clever.”

“John Peel, with his attitude to music did a lot of bands a lot of favours, including us,”

“There is certainly more in the future now than back in 1964.”

“We thought, at least its dangerous. And we were under the wing of two great managers -- Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp,”

“I was off the ground, ... There I am, living my fantasy.”

“It will come out when it is ready. Whats the point of trying to give yourself deadlines that arent really important? I think we have to get it good before we can finish it.”

“I havent got much hearing left and what I have I want to keep.”

“Weve had three or four scripts written, and weve never quite nailed what we wanted to do. Weve got a new writer. A very famous writer, a Pulitzer Prize winner indeed. I cant name him because I dont know the situation at the moment. You cant tell someones life story in two hours on film.”

I love Sell Out, I think its great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The cover. Everything about it. Its got humor, great songs, irony.

I dont think theres any way it could have failed. We dont know failure in this band. We didnt know failure. We got to know it a little after awhile but at that time there was no such word.

We tend to think of age only in time, but I dont think it has much to do with time at all; theres a whole load of other things. Ive met 16-year-olds who are old and 90-year-olds who are young.