145 quotes found
"If I was a cat, and someone threw me off the roof to see if I would land on my feet, I would flip twice and land on my back. Just to piss them off."
"She likes the Godsmack and I like Agent Orange.She'll never know that I'm the best that she'll never haveDoes a mullet make a man?"
"Talk is cheap but I can't afford it""
"I don't think I even approach being a lead player; I think I'm very much part of a band and a riff-maker. I enjoy backing people up and letting people ride on top...I'm musically happiest when I feel I'm driving everyone else to do good things, when I'm not being the pin man."
"That was bowling."
"If you steer clear of quality, you're alright."
"John [Entwistle] and I were listening to a stereo L.P. of The Beatles in which the voices come out of one side and the backing track comes out of the other. And when you actually hear the backing tracks of The Beatles without their voices, they're flippin' lousy."
"Russell Harty: Who does that machinery belong to, does it belong to you or to us? I mean who has to pay for it? Pete: It's alright."
"The day you open your mind to music, you're halfway to opening your mind to life."
"My friends call me Keith, but you can call me John."
"The "greatest Keith Moon-type drummer in the world," as he described himself"
"Russell Harty: You're all married, aren't you? The Who (various): Eh? Eh? No, no no. Keith Moon: I wouldn't marry this lot!"
"We became rich later than I expected. Now I'm too old to enjoy my money."
"Think lucky. Be lucky."
"I think that if John could choose a way to die, it would be just the way it really was."
"From The Kids are Alright documentary:"
"What's it got to do with the rock business?"
"The deal done with the EU has a gaping hole where the promised free movement for musicians should be. Everyone on a European music tour will now need costly work permits for many countries they visit and a mountain of paperwork for their equipment."
"Got a feeling inside. Can't explain. It's a certain kind. Can't explain. I feel hot and cold. Can't explain. Way down in my soul, yeah. Can't explain."
"I can go anyway, way I choose I can live anyhow, win or lose. I can go anywhere, for something new. Anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose.I can do anything, right or wrong I can talk anyhow, and get along. Don't care anyway, I never lose Anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose."
"You think we look pretty good together; You think my shoes are made of leather.But I'm a substitute for another guy. I look pretty tall but my heels are high. The simple things you see are all complicated; I look pretty young, but I'm just back-dated, yeah."
"I'm a boy, I'm a boy, But my ma won't admit it. I'm a boy, I'm a boy, But if I say I am, I get it."
"Pictures of Lily made my life so wonderful. Pictures of Lily let me sleep at night. Pictures of Lily solved my childhood problems. Pictures of Lily make me feel alright."
"Every day I get in the queue (Too much, Magic Bus) To get on the bus that takes me to you (Too much, Magic Bus) I'm so nervous, I just sit and smile (Too much, Magic Bus) Your house is only another mile (Too much, Magic Bus)"
"They call me The Seeker; I've been searching low and high. I won't get to get what I'm after, Till the day I die."
"Long live rock, I need it every night. Long live rock, come on and join the line. Long live rock, be it dead or alive."
"Do you really think I care, What you read or what you wear? I want you to join together with the band. There's a million ways to laugh, And every one's a path. Come on and join together with the band."
"You can hear it in the street, See it in the dragging feet. The word is getting out about control. Spies they've come and gone, The story travels on. The only quiet place is inside your soul.From tree to tree, From you to me, Travelling twice as fast as on any freeway. Every single dream wrapped up in the scheme, They all get carried on the relay. Pass it on."
"People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Just because we get around. (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I hope I die before I get old.(Talkin' 'bout my generation)"
"I don't mind other guys dancing with my girl; That's fine, I know them all pretty well. But I know sometimes I must get out in the light. Better leave her behind with the kids, they're alright. The kids are alright."
"Look, he's crawling up my wall, Black and hairy, very small. Now he's up above my head, Hanging by a little thread.Boris the spider. Boris the spider."
"The kids couldn't hurt Jack. They tried and tried and tried. They dropped things on his back, And lied and lied and lied and lied and lied.But they couldn't stop Jack, or the waters lapping. And they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy."
"If you think that I don't know about the little tricks you've played, And never see you when deliberately you put things in my way.Well, here's a poke at you, You're gonna choke on it too. You're gonna lose that smile, Because all the while,I can see for miles and miles. I can see for miles and miles."
"Ever since I was a young boy, I've played the silver ball. From Soho down to Brighton, I must have played them all. But I ain't seen nothing like him In any amusement hall That deaf, dumb and blind kid Sure plays a mean pinball."
"He ain't got no distractions Can't hear those buzzers and bells Don't see no lights a flashin' Plays by sense of smell Always gets a replay Never seen him fall That deaf dumb and blind kid Sure plays a mean pinball."
"I'm free-I'm free. And freedom tastes of reality. I'm free-I'm free. And I'm waiting for you to follow me."
"We're not gonna take it, Never did and never will. Don't want no religion; And as far as we can tell, We ain't gonna take you, Never did and never will. We're not gonna take you. We forsake you, Gonna rape you, Let's forget you better still."
"See Me; Feel Me. Touch Me; Heal Me.Listening to you, I get the music. Gazing at you, I get the heat. Following you, I climb the mountain, I get excitement at your feet.Right behind you, I see the millions. On you, I see the glory; From you, I get opinion; From you, I get the story."
"Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals. I get my back into my living. I don't need to fight To prove I'm right. I don't need to be forgiven.Don't cry; Don't raise your eyes; It's only teenage wasteland."
"I'd gladly lose me to find you. I'd gladly give up all I had To find you I'd suffer anything and be glad.I'd pay any price just to get you. I'd work all my life and I will To win you I'd stand naked, stoned and stabbed.I'd call that a bargain, The best I ever had."
"I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces. I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea. I'll sing my visions to the sky high mountains. I'll sing my song to the free, to the free."
"I'm goin' home, And when I wanna go home, I'm goin' mobile. Well, I'm gonna find a home And we'll see how it feels. Goin' mobile, Keep me movin'."
"No one knows what it's like To be the bad man; To be the sad man Behind blue eyes.No one knows what it's like To be hated; To be fated, To telling only lies.But my dreams They aren't as empty As my conscience seems to be.I have hours, only lonely My love is vengeance That's never free."
"If I swallow anything evil, Put your finger down my throat. If I shiver, please give me a blanket; Keep me warm, let me wear your coat."
"We'll be fighting in the streets With our children at our feet. And the morals that they worship will be gone And the men who spurred us on Sit in judgement of all wrong. They decide and the shotgun sings the song.I'll tip my hat to the new constitution; Take a bow for the new revolution. Smile and grin at the change all around. Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday. Then I'll get on my knees and pray We don't get fooled again."
"Meet the new boss Same as the old boss."
"Inside outside, Leave me alone. Inside outside, Nowhere is home. Inside outside, Where have I been? Out of my brain On the five fifteen! Out of my brain on the train."
"Only love Can make it rain The way the beach is kissed by the sea. Only love Can make it rain Like the sweat of lovers' Laying in the fields.Love, reign o'er me. Love, reign o'er me, rain on me."
"Mama's got a squeeze box She wears on her chest And when Daddy comes home He never gets no rest.'Cause she's playing all night And the music's all right. Mama's got a squeeze box, Daddy never sleeps at night."
"I woke up in a Soho doorway, A policeman knew my name. He said "You can go sleep at home tonight If you can get up and walk away."I staggered back to the underground And the breeze blew back my hair. I remember throwin' punches around And preachin' from my chair.Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?) I really wanna know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)"
"I call you on the telephone my voice too rough with cigarettes. I sometimes think I should just go home but I'm dealing with a memory that never forgets. I love to hear you say my name especially when you say yes. I got your body right now on my mind and I drunk myself b-lind to the sound of old T-Rex. To the sound of old T-Rex - And Who's Next.When I say I love you you say you better; You better you better you bet. When I say I need you you say you better; You better you better you bet. You better bet your life. Or love will cut you like a knife."
"The drinks flow; People forget. That big wheel spins, the hair thins; People forget; Forget they're hiding. The news slows; People forget. The shares crash, hopes are dashed; People forget; Forget they're hiding.Behind an eminence front. Eminence front - it's a put on."
"… one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time."
"… among the most popular and influential bands of the 1960s and '70s…"
"The Who quite possibly remain the greatest live band ever."
"More than any other band, The Who are our role models."
"The one thing that disgusts me about The Who is the way they smashed through every door in the uncharted hallway of rock 'n' roll without leaving much more than some debris for the rest of us to lay claim to."
"The group's evolution has also been a function of Townshend's personal growth: "Look, rock and roll is above all an expression of the frustrations of youth. Well, this is 1969, I'm an adult, I don't have the same frustrations anymore. My concerns now are mainly spiritual." Nevertheless, the Who remain the Who, and at the core of their music, however spiritualized, is rock-and-roll. They look all white, but their dad was black. They are no longer kids, but they have not forgotten."
"Loving you would be so easy, Loving you would be so great."
"How can I try to explain? Your story never seems to stay the same."
"And thinking of her name, is driving me insane."
"Another tired afternoon, another dusty motel room."
"I ran in slow motion, away from him, but he caught up with me, kicked my teeth in."
"What chance do I have now, I can't even grin."
"Whispers at the bus stop. I heard about nights out in the school yard. I found out about you. Rumors follow everywhere you go. Like when you left and I was last to know. You're famous now and there's no doubt, In all the places you hang out, They know your name and know what you're about."
"Tell me do you think it'd be all right If I could just crash here tonight? You can see I'm in no shape for driving And anyway I've got no place to go. And you know it might not be that bad, You were the best I'd ever had. If I hadn't blown the whole thing years ago, I might not be alone."
"'Cause all I really want is to be with you, Feeling like I matter too. If I hadn't blown the whole thing years ago, I might be here with you."
"I've lost my mind on what I'd find, And all of the pressure that I left behind On Allison Road. Fools in the rain if the sun gets through, Fire's in the heaven of the eyes I knew On Allison Road."
"And every day's much better Since I've slowed my drinking pace. There's no swimming in the bottle It's just someplace we all drown."
"The last horizons I could see Are now resigned to memories. I never thought I'd still be here today."
"So I guess I must have just been dreaming When I thought I heard myself say no. Anyway it looks like no one heard me, so here I go. 'Cause when you're in the company of strangers, Or just the strangers you call friends, You know before you start just how it's going to end."
"My nerves are frayed and I've had enough. I'm a lot afraid that it'll hurt too much. I can't seem to stop at all, I'm plain wore through, waiting for your call. I've been waiting around here all night long, Holding on to these memories until they come undone."
"Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down; Anyplace but those I know by heart. Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down; I'll follow you down, but not that far."
"Are they gonna find us lying face down in the sand? So what the hell now, we've already been forever damned."
"It gets hard; The memory's faded. Who gets what they say? It's likely they're just jealous and jaded. Well maybe I don't want to take advice from fools. I'll just figure everything is cool Until I hear it from you."
"I wonder what you're dreaming While we're halfway 'cross this bridge. We've come too far to turn back, We're just too close to quit."
"Sometimes late at night when I'm all alone, I watch the airplane lights, make my way back home. I wonder if you're flying somewhere up in the clouds, While the rest of us are stuck here down inside the crowd."
"You're such a mystery; It's never clear to me. You're always leaving me second guessing. All I wanna know is Baby where you go. Where you been when you come up missing? Miss Disarray."
"This could be the very minute I'm aware I'm alive All these places feel like home"
"Light up, light up As if you have a choice Even if you cannot hear my voice I'll be right beside you dear"
"Please keep your hands down And stop raising your voice It's hardly what I'd be doing if you gave me a choice It's a simple suggestion an you give me some time So just say yes or no Why can't you shoulder the blame? 'Cause both my shoulders are heavy From the weight of us both You're a big boy now so let's not talk about growth You've not heard a single word I have said Oh my god"
"Is it too late to remind you how we were But not our last days of silent, screaming, blur Most of what I remember makes me sure I should have stopped you from walking out the door"
"Everyone wants to say "I love you" to someone on the radio."
"Visualize success, but don't believe your eyes."
"You told me I could order the moon, babe, Just as long as as I shoot what I want."
"I cried five rivers on the way here. Which one will you skate away on?"
"The tune you'll be humming forever, All the words are replaced and wrong."
"So give us the keys now. We'll burn this hall of justice down, Around the ankles, or just to the ground."
"It was crime at the time But the laws, we changed 'em."
"Nobody knows the wreck of the soul the way you do."
"We have arrived too late to play the bleeding heart show."
"We wrote down Another vision of us: We were the challengers of the unknown."
"Do you think the girls here Ever wonder how they got so pretty?"
"Someone somewhere asked me, "Is there anything in particular I can help you with?" All I ever wanted help with was you."
"Yes, a heart will always go one step too far."
"Come with me, go places."
"And here's the mutiny I promised you. And here's the party it turned into. And here's the mutiny I promised you. And here's the moment it turned into."
"Remember the wolves that you run with are wolves. Don't forget."
"Single fear Clearly defined, I'm wasting time again Slowly coarse and strain go Counting fear again, no Staring eye to eye Then slowly me again."
"Lay it down for the last time And then turn away Lay it down for the last time Surely show your rage."
"Everything is good these days But all of my friends are dying Davy may and Lisa may But nobody else really wants to stay Nobody else really wants to stay."
"Magnapop is kind of like Young Marble Giants backed by AC/DC."
"They're all suckers for a chick who really rocks it hard We're all suckers for Ruthie... We all wish we were Ruthie... We're all suckers for a girl who can really play guitar We're all suckers for Ruthie."
"Midnight on the water I saw the ocean's daughter Walking on a wave's chicane Staring as she called my name And I can't get it out of my head No, I can't get it out of my head Now my old world is gone for dead 'Cos I can't get it out of my head"
"It's a livin' thing. It's a terrible thing to lose. It's a given thing. What a terrible thing to lose."
"My Shangri-la has gone away, Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude She seemed to drift out on the rain That came in somewhere softly from the blue."
"Sun is shining in the sky There ain't a cloud in sight It's stopped raining Everybody's in a play And don't you know, it's a beautiful new day"
"A place where nobody dared to go the love that we came to know They call it Xanadu And now, open your eyes and see what we have made is real We are in Xanadu A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star An everlasting world and you're here with me, eternally Xanadu"
"The love, the echoes of long ago you needed the world to know They are in Xanadu The dream that came through a million years That lived on through all the tears, it came to Xanadu"
"As I gaze around at these strangers in town, I guess the only stranger is me. As I see what they've done to this place that was home, shame is all that I feel."
"I've got a ticket to the moon. I'll be leaving here any day soon"
"When you get so down that you can't get up, and you want so much but you're all out of luck When you're so downhearted and misunderstood, just over and over and over, you could..."
"If the illusion is real, Let them give you a ride. If they got thunder appeal, Let them be on your side.Let them leave you up in the air, Let them brush your rock and roll hair. Let the good times roll."
"(Here she comes again) When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky, ohh She'll make you flip. (Here she comes again) When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky, I kinda like the way she dips.(And she's my best friend's girl) (Well, she's my best friend's girl) Girl, But she used to be mine."
"I don't mind you comin' here And wastin' all my time. 'Cause when you're standin' oh so near, I kinda lose my mind.It's not the perfume that you wear, It's not the ribbons in your hair. And I don't mind you comin' here And wastin' all my time."
"I guess you're just what I needed (Just what I needed) I needed someone to feed. I guess you're just what I needed (Just what I needed) I needed someone to bleed."
"I don't care if you hurt me some more; I don't care if you even the score. You can knock me and I don't care. You can mock me, I don't care. You can rock me just about anywhere, It's alright.'Cause you're all I've got tonight. You're all I've got tonight. You're all I've got tonight. I need you tonight I need you tonight."
"I can't feel this way much longer Expecting to survive With all these hidden innuendos Just waiting to arrive."
"She's driving away, With the dim lights on. And she's making a play, She can't go wrong. She never waits too long, She's winding them down On her clock machine. And she won't give up, 'Cause she's seventeen.She's a frozen fire, She's my one desire. And I don't want to hold her down, Don't want to break her crown When she saysLet's go. (I like the nightlife baby) She says (I like the nightlife baby) She says (Let's go)"
"One too many times, I fell over you. Once in a shadow, I finally grew. And once in a night, I dreamed you were there. I canceled my flight From going nowhere.It's all I can do To keep waiting for you."
"It takes a fast car lady to lead a double life. It takes a slow star lady if you want to do it twice You take your backseat rumble, Take your frontseat wife. Takes a fast car lady to lead a double life."
"All I need is what you've got, All I'll tell is what you're not. All you know is what you hear, I get this way when you come near."
"Since you're gone, The nights are gettin' strange. Since you're gone, Well, nothing's makin' any sense. Since you're gone, I stumbled in the shade. Since you're gone, Everything's in perfect tense, well.I can't help it When you fall apart I (and I) can't help it Guess you better start."
"You might have forgot The journey ends. You tied your knots, You made your friends. You left the scene Without a trace, One hand on the ground, One hand in space."
"Summer, it turns me upside down. Summer, summer, summer, It's like a merry-go-round.I see you under the midnight, All shackles and bows. The high shoes With the cleats a-clicking, A temperamental glow.How could you let me go?"
"Who's gonna tell you when It's too late? Who's gonna tell you things Aren't so great?You can't go on Thinking nothing's wrong, ohh no. Who's gonna drive you home Tonight?"
"You might think I'm crazy To hang around with you. Maybe you think I'm lucky To have something to do. But I think that you're wild, Inside me is some child.You might think I'm foolish, Or maybe it's untrue. You might think I'm crazy, But all I want is you."
"You might think it's hysterical, But I know when you're weak. You think you're in the movies, And everything's so deep. But I think that you're wild When you flash that fragile smile."
"Why don't you dream anymore? What's in the way? How come you point to the door And ask me to stay? Why don't you flash that smile Like you used to do?... Why don't you dream anymore? What's in the way?"
"I've come across the desert to greet you with a smile. My camel looks so tired, it's hardly worth my while. To tell you of my travels across the golden East. I see your preparations invite me first to feast.Take me, I'm yours, Because dreams are made of this. Forever there'll be a heaven in your kiss."
"Next night he called for her, But dad protected daughter And told him she was poorly. A lie was told there surely. So Michael felt rejected, This wasn't quite expected. He drove off to his local Where he felt anti-social."
"I never thought it would happen With me and the girl from Clapham. Out on a windy common, That night I ain't forgotten. When she dealt out the rations With some or other passions. I said "You are a lady." "Perhaps," she said, "I may be.""
"She took me to her hotel, A room on the second floor. A kettle and two coffees, A number on the door. She said I hardly know you. Agreed we kissed goodnight. I knew that in the morning, Somehow I'd wake to findSunlight on the lino, Waking me with a shake. I looked around to find her, But she'd gone. Goodbye girl. Goodbye girl. Goodbye girl."
"To change the mood a little I've been posing down the pub. On seeing my reflection, I'm looking slightly rough. I fancy this, I fancy that, I wanna be so flash. I give a little muscle and I spend a little cash. But all I get is bitter and a nasty little rash. And by the time I'm sober, I've forgotten what I've had. And everybody tells me that it's cool to be a cat. Cool for cats."
"But behind the chalet, My holiday's complete. And I feel like William Tell, Maid Marian on her tiptoed feet. Pulling mussels from a shell. Pulling mussels from a shell."
"With where-have-you-beens and far away frowns, Trying to be good by not being 'round.And here in the bar, the piano man's found Another nail for my heart. And here in the bar, the piano man's found Another nail for my heart."
"If I didn't love you, I'd hate you. I'm playing your stereogram. Singles remind me of kisses, Albums remind me of plans. Tonight it's love by the fire, The wind plays over the coals. Passionate looks are my fancy, But you turn the look into stone."
"He smokes himself into double vision, Leaves his mind on an indecision. Thinks he's invented imagination, Says that God is some relation."
"I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste, A flannel for my face. Pajamas, a hairbrush, New shoes and a case. I said to my reflection "Let's get out of this place." Past the church and the steeple, The laundry on the hill. The billboards and the buildings, Memories of it still Keep calling and calling. But forget it all, I know I will.Tempted by the fruit of another. Tempted but the truth is discovered. What's been going on now that you have gone, There's no other. Tempted by the fruit of another. Tempted but the truth is discovered."
"Beat me up with your letters, your walk out notes. Funny how you still find me right here at home. Legs up with a book and a drink. Now is that love that's making you think?"
"Drinks to remember I, me and myself, And winds up the clock and knocks dust from the shelf. Home is a love that I miss very much, So the past has been bottled and labelled with love."
"She wants to give up love for good, She kicks the fence and splits the wood. She cries her eyes out in the rain, She swears aloud and so again She feels messed around."
"As the hangover strikes, And I turn on the tap. But the water's too loud. And I'm caged by the fact That the battle's not lost. Is it the hair of the dog? Or the Baa of a Lamb? In a sheepish attempt To be half of the man That I might be or was."
"There's a stain on my notebook where your coffee cup was And there's ash in the pages, now I've got myself lost. I was writing to tell you that my feelings tonight Are a stain on my notebook that rings your goodbye.Oh, now she's gone, And I'm back on the beat. A stain on my notebook Says nothing to me.Oh, now she's gone. And I'm out with a friend (out with a friend). With lips full of passion And coffee in bed."
"Emotions leaking out Her paint's all over town.What's that she's playing? (Annie, get your gun) What's that she's taking? (The song has to be sung) She's gone electric."