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I felt that The Who had ended because we'd lost touch with our original Shepherd's Bush audience.


Pete Townshend

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FRED ARMISEN I've lived in Shepherd's Bush for five years with my friend Georgia in a cosy, cluttered fla...
CRESSIDA BONAS I feel like I am a lot of who I am because I watched these shows that said it was okay to be a total...
MAE WHITMAN I used to play the piano when I was younger, and I loved Alicia Keys. I wanted to be Alicia Keys; sh...
KATY B We manage to bounce ideas off one another. Every band fights, but at the end of the day, we're v...
KEITH EMERSON I don't care who I play to, as long as they enjoy listening to what I play.
KEITH EMERSON I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child.
KEITH EMERSON We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was...
ROGER DALTREY I'd like President Bush to think maybe there's another way to think, that maybe Kissinger wa...
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM When I performed at 'Open Mic U.K.' I had this connection with the audience that I'd nev...
BIRDY I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated b...
BAT FOR LASHES When I left Tampa Bay, I felt like if my career ended at that point, I'd be okay.
BEN ZOBRIST Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill
ROLAND SMITH I always felt the play came first. If it didn't touch me, I'd say forget the part.
ELIZABETH WILSON I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ...
MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX As much as I'd like to think and as much as people mistakenly think my audience is blue collar p...
STEVE EARLE It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON As far as I'm concerned, an audience is an audience. Whether it's an audience in Hull or the...
SYLVESTER MCCOY I think we do have our true, original stories that work. I can tell you that 'The King's Spe...
HARVEY WEINSTEIN When 'Lost' was over, we expected that there'd be some people who'd really like it a...
CARLTON CUSE I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan.
BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously.
ERINN HAYES I tried so hard with movies like Vertigo and Middle of the Night and others. I felt those would show...
KIM NOVAK I'd even say it's a realistic film because that's the way it happens in our heads; that ...
ALAIN RESNAIS I really enjoyed working with Mariah, Alfre Woodward's character, because she's a wonderful ...
MAHERSHALA ALI After 'Born to Run,' I had a reaction to my good fortune. With success, it felt like a lot o...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Well, now that I have a baby, I'm that person who's looking for all the parks. I'm also ...
JENNA FISCHER I remember people who'd had a lot of hardship during the war. They'd thought we'd won.
BARBARA CASTLE The moment I said I'd finished a book, I knew what would happen. There would be a bidding war, a...
J. K. ROWLING It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea.
JUDE WATSON If I had to pick one scary movie, I'd go with John Carpenter's 'The Thing.' That'...
DREW GODDARD Anyone can write a detective story about a detective who fails, for Pete's sake. That's pret...
MARK WAID I'd like to do a record that doesn't even reference actual places. Because I think it's ...
SUFJAN STEVENS When I got Jacob's Latter, I was nervous because I felt I wasn't allowed to fail. I felt tha...
ELIZABETH PENA I stopped working a few years ago because I just lost a spark that I'd had before. I thought I&#...
DUSTIN HOFFMAN There's a lot of young talent. I felt strongly that we wanted somebody with a great football min...
SHAHID KHAN I went to work for the Civil Service. I'd wanted to work for the Ministry of Defence because I h...
PAUL O'GRADY I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people...
BARRY ZITO He hated him with a passion because Garrison got all of the press and accolades Shepherd felt he sho...
FRED BARZYK If Joy Behar or Sherri Shepherd was a dude, they'd be off TV. They're not funny enough for d...
ADAM CAROLLA Backstage I met Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, all these people, even (former President) Bill Clinto...
RUSTY ANDERSON I used to dream about Gorbachev before he lost power. I'd go into a panic because I was meeting ...
HUGH GRANT If there are similarities, it's simply because the same thoughts that occurred to other people a...
BRAD BIRD I think there was a sense that the impact was being lost because the audience was so familiar with t...
JIM LAMPLEY If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship...
RAY BRADBURY I don't like to see a president who is just out campaigning all year long or for the last four y...
CLINT EASTWOOD I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come a...
WOLE SOYINKA We've lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But let's no...
EMILIO ESTEVEZ In an ideal world, I'd love to work on something that is on par with 'Lost' or better th...
HENRY IAN CUSICK I think it's an actor's responsibility to change every time. Not only for himself and the pe...
JOHNNY DEPP Lost sheep are scattered because the people who are supposed to shepherd them are not aware
SUNDAY ADELAJA Although at the time I didn't realize what was happening, I was unable to make a decision that m...
KATHARINE GRAHAM I think people are just really disappointed, disappointed with Blair as well, who's just like Bu...
PAUL WELLER With Animal Factory you'd think that because it's mostly interiors, you could shoot it anywh...
STEVE BUSCEMI In 1974, when I started working with the material that became 'Horses,' a lot of our great v...
PATTI SMITH I'd like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That's how I'd like to be remembere...
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM I think that the audience feels a real connection with Zoe Kazan because she's so instantly lova...
HOLLY HUNTER We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting.
P. J. O'ROURKE In 2006 it was a horrible election year, and, you know, I lost. But I lost because I continued to be...
RICK SANTORUM Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the a...
PATTI LUPONE I must confess that the original 'Pretty Woman' was terrific and a hit, but I always felt th...
GARRY MARSHALL I'd love to go back and do theater. There's nothing like that instant response and the conne...
BELLAMY YOUNG With the Beatles, we'd been very spoiled because we had George Martin who worked for the record ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY There is some sampling on my records and a lot of what I call replays, where I'd have musicians ...
DR. DRE I don't collect any memorabilia. I wish I'd have kept everything I had. But who knew you had...
RINGO STARR It's true to say that I'm a budding young actor. But I'd rather get my name out there be...
JOSH BOWMAN My music was never considered cool, but I've always felt that connection with the audience.
DAVID CASSIDY So for me, I had to get something going to promote the new project that I got. I decided to come wit...
RAEKWON My mother was a dramatic and egocentric person, and she died before my father, who died of Alzheimer...
SUE MILLER When I finished high school, I didn't have much direction - I was a Deadhead kid who ended up bu...
ELIZABETH MARVEL It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Prior to my father's death, I was having a hard time committing to a career as an artist, but th...
KIKI SMITH Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something ...
GREG LOUGANIS I grew up in Canada, man - we all had rinks in our backyards because we'd ice down the grass wit...
TATIANA MASLANY Which implies that the real issue in art is the audience's response. Now I claim that when I mak...
RICHARD FOREMAN Growing up in New Orleans as Archie Manning's son, I felt like a target, and I've always kno...
PEYTON MANNING The great thing about a sitcom is that you're in front of a live audience, so you really get in ...
TOPHER GRACE I really love the karate thing I did on CHIPs. I studied with a trainer because I knew we'd do e...
ERIK ESTRADA About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo...
PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only...
RICK RIORDAN I played the piano as a boy for six years, from the time I was six to 12 years old. My piano lessons...
JOHN GOKONGWEI It never felt real to me. I never felt I had complete ownership over Bond. Because you'd have th...
PIERCE BROSNAN When I was nine, we'd take a bus to the seaside. Coming back, we'd take turns entertaining, ...
JIM DALE I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wo...
ADAM JOHNSON There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of ...
DAVE NAVARRO I'd like to create a lovable character for schizophrenia; it doesn't have a celebrity spokes...
MARIA BAMFORD Since being diagnosed with Asperger's, I'd been working with an acting coach who has now bec...
PADDY CONSIDINE While I'm critical to the Bush presidency, it's been enormously beneficial for Salon because...
DAVID TALBOT So it's one of those things where we have to - our problem is pacing ourselves and still reachin...
JERRY GARCIA I think there's something really freeing about improv, that it's a collective, creative, in-...
TATIANA MASLANY Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integ...
STEPHEN SONDHEIM I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird.
EDIE CAMPBELL I'd like President Bush to get a gun in his hands. I'll go with him. I can't think of an...
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM Certainly Nancy Reagan had an extraordinary effect on her husband. I'm truly not sure that, say,...
GAIL COLLINS There are quite enough sheep already - be a shepherd: be somebody who's bold and who leads.
MATT BEVIN The first important role was a Broadway lead I did called 'The Royal Hunt Of The Sun' by Pet...
DAVID CARRADINE There is this sense of David Cameron leading a Government that's badly out of touch with ordinar...
FRANCES O'GRADY Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy because she'...
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PETE ROSE To live you have to experiment, to have the ability to experiment you have to have confidence, to ha...
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PETE SEEGER The entire issue is that women bear a disproportionate share of the hard work. Birthing, carrying, t...
PETE SESSIONS I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come afte...
PETE SEEGER Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old....
PETE ROSE Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine pri...
PETE SEEGER At the end of the day, acting is all about telling lies. We are professional imposters and the audie...
PETE POSTLETHWAITE Because fossil fuels are not only a finite resource but hazardous to the environment, it is imperati...
PETE GALLEGO In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in th...
PETE SAMPRAS Look: I download music illegally, if I really want it. But I always then buy the record - I support ...
PETE WENTZ Every reporter inhales skepticism. You interview people, and they lie. You face public figures, dili...
PETE HAMILL I'm not as well read as I was when I was younger - I just devoured books.
PETE WENTZ If people don't think I can fall into what the norm is, that's their problem and not mine. I...
PETE BURNS I met Gerald Ford. I met Richard Nixon. I met Jimmy Carter. I met Dwight Eisenhower when he was a ge...
PETE ROSE Well, perhaps the greatest achievement, and we didn't know it at the time, was we held an Earth ...
PETE MCCLOSKEY I keep reminding people that an editorial in rhyme is not a song. A good song makes you laugh, it ma...
PETE SEEGER Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.
PETE SEEGER I think the Internet is uniquely suited to this free market idea: that everyone on the Internet that...
PETE ASHDOWN Strategy is a style of thinking, a conscious and deliberate process, an intensive implementation sys...
PETE JOHNSON Not everybody has to sing the melody.
PETE SEEGER Some of my biggest friends are big-time horse owners.
PETE ROSE It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.
PETE ROSE People think we make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don't realize that most of us only make ...
PETE INCAVIGLIA The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flagstick on top.
PETE DYE You can never overlook a team in this conference. You can never do that.
PETE ASADOURIAN We're in a pretty good position, we need three wins to attain one of main goals, to make the tournam...
PETE ASADOURIAN Berlin's a great team. They're good, it's post-season play and a lot of our guys haven't been in the...
PETE ASADOURIAN Defense got us here and defense is going to carry us through. We've been emphasizing defense since D...
PETE ASADOURIAN We didn't even know. We came out. The boys took the floor early and we heard all the commotion. It w...
PETE ASADOURIAN We were getting shots off but nothing was falling for us early. I think guys came out a little tight...
PETE ASADOURIAN