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Re: Quote from review
That's from Pete's website, right? It seems like the press checks by there
for quotes a lot. Good material. :)
keets
>Here's a PT quote from a review I found. The rest of the article was fairly
>standard.
>
>MAIL ON SUNDAY
>THERE IS STILL A LIGHT THAT SHINES ON YOU
>BY FIONA BARTON
>
>The Who guitarist Pete Townshend compared his contribution to the role his
>saxophonist father played in the Second World War.
>He said: 'I felt as if I had been called up. Not to fight, but like my
>father - a brilliant saxophonist with the Squadronaires before me - to
>entertain the "troops" in New York. 'It is my duty as a musician and
>entertainer to do this in such a war. I owe too much to New York and to New
>York-ers.'
>
> Ty
>
>"I weigh 195 pounds tonight, don't get in my way."
> -Pete Townshend, Before the Concert for New York