Pete Townshend Net Worth

Pete Townshend's Quotes

• It's not the fact that I WAS brilliant, I AM brilliant.
• The bad part about growing older is I'm going bald. The good part is my nose seems to be getting shorter.
• [in 1968, about his rock opera "Tommy"] It's a very complex thing, and I don't know if I'm getting it across.
• [1979, at the Cannes Film Festival in 1979] We're on the brink of something new. It will be similar to the invention of the American musical in the '30s. There will be a conceptualized, musical-video product and everyone's waiting for the first "Sergeant Pepper", if you like, on video-disc. The contemporary musical form is about to be discovered.
• [about Lynyrd Skynyrd, who were opening for The Who on a tour in the early '70s] They're really quite good, aren't they?

Interesting Facts about Pete Townshend

1. Has three children: Emma (born in 1969), Aminta (born in 1971) and Joseph (born in 1989).
2. Pete Townshend is the lead guitarist with The Who (rock band) along with Roger Daltrey and the late John Entwistle and Keith Moon.
3. Daughter, Emma, is now a recording artist in her own right.
4. His father Clive was a saxophonist with The Squadronaires Royal Air Force dance band.
5. His mother Betty was a singer.
6. His father-in-law Edwin Astley composed the theme music for The Saint (1962).
7. When he was a young boy, his parents separated and left him with his maternal grandmother, who was clinically insane.
8. Longtime companion is musician Rachel Fuller.
9. Officially left The Who in late 1983, one year after the band completed its "farewell" tour. At the time of the tour, the band had said they would continue to record and play live sporadically, but after rehearsing new material the following year, Townshend decided it was time to pack it in. They continue to play live and even tour on occasion, as bands often do after breaking up.
10. Best known solo albums include 'Empty Glass' (1980), 'All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes' (1982), and 'White City - a Novel' (1985).
11. Overcame serious drug and alchohol addictions in early 1982, in what was called a "miracle cure."
12. His daughter Emma sang on his 1985 song "Face the Face", the first single off his "White City" album. She also appeared in the video.
13. Best known songs penned by Townshend include "My Generation", "Pinball Wizard", "Tommy, Can You Hear Me?", "See Me, Feel Me", "Won't Get Fooled Again", "Behind Blue Eyes", "Baba o' Riley", and "Who are You?"
14. Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Who) in 1990.
15. Kicked Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman off the stage at Woodstock when Hoffman interrupted The Who's performance to complain about the festival and to make a speech about imprisoned radical John Sinclair.
16. The Who's 1969 album "Tommy" came third in Classic Rock Magazine's list of the 30 greatest concept albums of all time (March 2003).
17. When The Who appeared on The Simpsons (1989) in 2000, Townshend was actually played by his brother, Paul.
18. Brother of Paul Townshend and Simon Townshend.
19. He was awarded the 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Outstanding Musical Production of 1996 for Tommy performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre with John Entwistle.
20. Shares a birthday with ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, AD/DC drummer Phil Rudd and Ramones vocalist Joey Ramone.