"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."

"You've got a home here Call it what you want You've got a home here You're gonna want it when you can't face the world and you need some support to succeed You've got a home"

"So my baby's on the road, doing business, selling loads, Charming everyone there with the sweetest smile... Oh tonight I miss you, oh tonight I wish you Would be here with me, but I won't see you Till you've made it back again home and dry..."

"My father fought in Afghanistan His widows pension aint worth a damn My mother works and goes home to cry I want to live before I die"

"Give me hope, give me all your love Tell me now you're coming home tonight Have some faith in the love we share Is it fate? Does darkness end in light? Never been closer to heaven – never been further away..."

"I look from my window down to the square At workers still queueing patiently there For market forces to provide What history so far has denied For a different kind of fate Than to labour long and always wait..."

"There where the air is free we'll be what we want to be Now if we make a stand we'll find our promised land"

"Push me in a corner and I'll scream."

"The more that you hate, the more that it grates."

"...but here am I; Once a caterpillar, now a butterfly."

"What I wanted to be was a family man, But Nature had some alternative plans."

"Don't call me pathetic; I'm higher than you'll ever guess And relentlessly tough, 'cause when the going gets rough The tough get their pictures in the press"

"I feel like taking all my clothes off and dancing to The Rite of Spring."

"To free in me the trust I never dared I always thought the risk too great But suddenly, I don't hesitate So take my hand, don't think of complications Now, right now, your love is liberation"

"She's made you some kind of laughing stock Because you dance to disco and you don't like rock She made fun of you and even in bed Said she was going to go and get herself a real man instead"

"I reserve the right to live My life this way, and I don't give A damn when other people say I'll pay the price that others pay"

"In the back of my head I heard distant feet; Che Guevara and Debussy To a disco beat."

"Everything I've ever done Everything I ever do Every place I've ever been Everywhere I'm going to."

"When I look back upon my life It's always with a sense of shame I've always been the one to blame For everything I long to do No matter where or when or who Has one thing in common too: It's a sin."

"That Zazou, he don't care Dark glasses, long hair... Sips his drinks, orders more, Says what he thinks, and it's a crazy war."

"Break a window by the town hall, listen, the siren screams There in the distance like a roll-call of all the suburban dreams... I only wanted something else to do but hang around..."

"Sometimes you're better off dead; There's a gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head. You think you're mad, too unstable, Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables. In a restaurant in a West End town, Call the police, there's a mad man around, Running down underground to a dive bar. In a West End town.In a West End town, a dead end world; The East End boys and West End girls."

"I've got the brains, you've got the looks Let's make lots of money"

"I dreamt I was back in uniform And a candidate for examination History - someone had blunder'd - And a voice rapped, 'Knuckle under' Living on the law just short of delusion When we fall in love, there's confusion This must be the place I waited years to leave"

"All the people I was kissing, Some are here and some are missing, In the nineteen-nineties.... But I thought in spite of dreams You'd be sitting somewhere here with me."

"We never ever argue, we never calculate The currency we've spent (Ooooh) I love you, oh, you pay my rent"

"Will I get in your way or open your eyes? Who will give whom the bigger surprise? Young offender, how you resent The lovers you need; it hurts when they bleed..."

"But for all of those who don't fit in, Who follow their instincts and are told they sin, This is a prayer for a different way."

"Before we ever met I thought like everybody did You were just a moron, a billion-dollar kid You flew up all the way like a hawk chasing a dove I never thought that I would be a sacrifice in love"

"Remember when you were more easily led Behind the cricket pavillion and the bicycle shed Trembling as your dreams came true You looked up into those blue eyes and knew It was love, and now you can't pretend You've forgotten all the promises of that first friend... "Can you forgive her?" Consider for a minute who you are What you'd like to change, never mind the scars Bury the past, empty the shelf Decide it's time to reinvent yourself"

"Dreaming of the Queen Visiting for tea You and her and I and Lady Di The Queen said, I'm aghast Love never seems to last However hard you try And Di replied That there are no more lovers left alive..."

"The sunset is deeper and longer The scent of the jasmine is stronger Stray dogs don't bite, birds start to sing Lightning daren't strike, you suddenly bring Bluer skies..."