Roger Daltrey

“I think if Keith Moon was here today and you asked him to recall most of his early life or most of his life, he wouldn't be able to recall it.”

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

“You can do too much and oversell your market.”

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

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

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

“I'm not anti-fox hunting because, to me, shooting foxes is even worse and the results are horrendous.”

“I think Pete did have a hard time as a kid with his appearance. But don't all kids have a hard time? God, I had a hard time, too. I was little with bow legs and rickets. I used to get picked on like everybody used to get picked on.”

“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.”

“I hope I die before I get old.”

“I've never wanted to be anyone other than who I am.”

“I call it fan fatigue. I went to see Bob Dylan last year, who I think is absolutely incredible, but he suffers from his audience.”

“I can't retire.”

“Who would have ever thought that I'd end up saying that I want to be an all-around entertainer? But that's what I want to be.”

“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 live 50 miles from London and we've got some of the highest levels of teenage and childhood poverty in the country. It's disgusting. Just because it's a rural area, it gets forgotten.”

“We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was a wonderful community in Shepherd's Bush, where I grew up. All my friends were into villainy and crime.”

“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!”

“We lived the life with Keith Moon. It was all Spinal Tap magnified a thousand times.”

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