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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.

- Roger Daltrey

Wealthy, Bush, Villainy

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

- Roger Daltrey

Moon, Tap, Times, Magnified

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

- Roger Daltrey

Think, Never, Some, Bully

I thought if I lost the band, I was dead. If I didn't stick with the Who, I would be a sheet metal worker for the rest of my life.

- Roger Daltrey

Rest, My Life, Thought, The Who

You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker.

- Roger Daltrey

Play, Going, Better Off, Brick

I don't like Tommy on Broadway at all. I like the music, I'm pleased with Pete's success but I don't like what they've done to it.

- Roger Daltrey

Done, Like, Broadway, Tommy

Imagine if you could go watch Mozart today, even if it's the last, crappiest show he ever played. What a thrill that would be.

- Roger Daltrey

Last, Could, Imagine, Mozart

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

- Roger Daltrey

Shooting, Worse, Even Worse, Foxes

No, I was two years older than the other guys. I was a war baby. My family were a lot poorer than they were. I'd had to fight too hard for anything I had in my life and to smash things up for me.

- Roger Daltrey

My Life, Other, Had, Smash

I have deliberately kept singing because I have to at my age. If I stopped for even a year my voice would slowly deteriorate until it's not there at all. That's a fact about getting to my age.

- Roger Daltrey

Voice, Fact, Stopped, Deteriorate

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.

- Roger Daltrey

Wake Up, Year, Maybe, Sitting

All you could do was to see them. We were backstage when the Beatles were on and you could just about hear a noise. It was just literally screaming.

- Roger Daltrey

Could, About, Literally, Backstage

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.

- Roger Daltrey

Think, Audience, I Think, None

I never understood that if you sweat as much as I used to every night, you drain your body of salts. So I got very, very, seriously ill. I got to the stage where I was almost hospitalized with serious problems.

- Roger Daltrey

Used, Very, Almost, Understood

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.

- Roger Daltrey

London, Country, Some, Highest Levels

Part of the early Who career was all about knocking people's confidences out.

- Roger Daltrey

Career, Part, About, Knocking

First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice.

- Roger Daltrey

Voice, Like, Anybody, First Of All

European fisheries are a disaster. The American fisheries are well-kept.

- Roger Daltrey

American, European, Disaster

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.

- Roger Daltrey

Broken, Jaw, Became, Stuck

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!

- Roger Daltrey

Seven, Back, Became, Stuck

I don't have any illusions anymore. The illusion that rock 'n' roll could change anything - I don't believe that. I've changed.

- Roger Daltrey

Change, Could, Roll, Illusions

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.

- Roger Daltrey

Thought, Want, Ever, All-Around

I can't retire.

- Roger Daltrey

Retire

I'm realistic about my age and realistic about the fact that there's an awful lot less in front of me than there is behind me. I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist.

- Roger Daltrey

Fact, Behind, Awful Lot, Front

Fifty per cent of rock is having a good time.

- Roger Daltrey

Rock, Fifty, Having, Per

A lot of the new people they choose on shows like 'American Idol' and things like that - I don't ever hear lead singers. They always seem to choose to pick people that are great singers, fabulous singers, but they've never got the voice that makes a great lead singer.

- Roger Daltrey

Voice, New People, Singer, Fabulous

I don't think there's any way it could have failed. We don't know failure in this band. We didn't know failure. We got to know it a little after awhile but at that time there was no such word.

- Roger Daltrey

Think, Could, Failed, Awhile

You have to keep fit being a singer - that's part of the job. You can't do it unless you have incredible stamina.

- Roger Daltrey

Singer, Fit, Unless, Stamina

My love for the band is still there. It hasn't changed, maybe that's why it's so painful these days.

- Roger Daltrey

Love, Maybe, Still, Painful

I feel there must be an enormous amount of really talented songwriters out there who can't sing.

- Roger Daltrey

Feel, Songwriters, Amount, Talented

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