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.

We tried not to age, but time had its rage.

He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble', I would have never picked up a guitar.

There’s a man upon that ledge, he’s only cleaning windows. What a shame for the pain we’re missing. Gonna lean back on my wall and pray for him to fall.

People say, “You’ve gotta go on, man, otherwise all those kids, they’ll be finished, they’ll have nothing to live for.” That’s rock and roll!

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed meeting fans face to face. They’re less scary when they aren’t going nuts at a Who show. But then, so am I.

Do you realize why is it I’m so driven to operate within the Establishment? It’s vengeance. ‘Hope I die before I get old’ is something I still have to live with, but not for the reason many people think. I have to be very, very vigilant not to become one of those people I despised.

Some kid writes in to me and says, ‘I’ve got all your records and I listen to your music all day long and I look at your pictures all the time and I write to you and all I get is a bleedin’ autographed picture. You don’t know how much time I spend thinkin’ about you lot.′ I write him back and say, ‘You don’t know how much time I spend looking at and thinking about teenagers.

I also had the ability to create alpha-state music in my head, go into a creative trance, have musical visions, and.

It’s like the mod thing is happening again.