"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."

"We became rich later than I expected. Now I'm too old to enjoy my money."

"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!"

"The "greatest Keith Moon-type drummer in the world," as he described himself"

"My friends call me Keith, but you can call me John."

"The day you open your mind to music, you're halfway to opening your mind to life."

"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."

"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."

"If you steer clear of quality, you're alright."

"I smell smoke that comes from a gun named Extinction."

"And evolving from the sea, would not be too much time for me, to walk beside you in the sun."

"Oh Alexander, I see you beneath the archway of aerodynamics"

"Rhythmically to resound, this ain't the planet of sound."

"Why do cupids and angels continually haunt her dreams like memories?"

"One side is hot, the other side of the moon is not."

"She's my fave, undressing in the sun."

"There is this old man, that has spent so much time sleeping, that he is able to keep awake for the rest of his years"

"And when the planets hit the sun, I saw the face of Allison"

"Where have you been? Finally through the roof, and how does lemur skin reflect the sea?"

"Your mouth! Your mouth! A mile away"

"Every night and every day I bossanova wit' you."

"Chained to the pillars, a 3-day party, I break the walls and kill us all with holy fingers"

"Hey, been trying to meet you. Mmmmm. Hey, must be a devil between us, or whores in my head. Whores at the door. Whore in my bed, but hey."

"Got hair in a girl that flows to her bones, and a comb in her pocket if the wind get blown"

"Shake your butt! (But not too hard!)"

"You're apin' rapin' tapin' catharsis, you get tore down and I get erected, my blood is working but my heart is dead!"

"I'm moving out of this hospedaje, I'm afraid you'll cut me, boy!"

"You can cry, you can mope, but can you swing from a good rope, boy?"

"What's that floating in the water? Ol' Neptuna's only daughter"

"If man is 5, then the devil is 6, and if the devil is 6, then God is 7"

"I know the nervous walking, I know the dirty beard hangs, out by the boxcar waiting, take me away to nowhere plains"

"As loud as hell, a ringing bell, behind my smile, it shakes my teeth"

"You think I'm dead, but I sail away, on a wave of mutilation"

"Got hips like cinderella, must've been having a good shame, talkin' sweet about nothin', cookie, I think you're TAME!"

"I am un chien andalusia"

"All I know is...there were rumors he was into field hockey players"

"We'll keep well bred, we'll stay well fed, we'll have all sons, they will be all well hung."

"...'You fucking die!' I said. To her. I said 'YOU FUCKING DIE!' To her. Huh? What? No, no! I was talking to Kim! I said 'You fuckin' die!' No - I - uh - we were just goofin' around. No, no, it didn't have anything to do with anything. She said, 'Anybody touches my stuff...' and I said 'You fuckin' die', like that. I was finishing her part for her. Y'know what I mean?"

"I miss your soup, and I miss your bread, and a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead"

"With your feet in the air, and your head on the ground, try this trick, and spin it. Your head will collapse, and there's nothing in it, and you'll ask yourself, Where is my mind?"

"He's like the dark, but I'd want him."

"I have something against you, and I'm gonna use it. Oh, yeah. I'm one happy prick."

"There was a boy who had two children with his sisters, who were his daughters, who were his favorite lovers."

"I got no lips, I got no tongue, where there were eyes there is only space"

"Break my body, hold my bones"

"Your blistered lips have got a kiss... that tastes a bit like everyone"