Pete Townshend Quote Explained: Pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday / And I get on my knees and pray.

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I played the guitar for ten years before I realized it wasn’t a weapon.

Musician

· England

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Everything that has befallen you happened simply cause it crossed your mind.

- Pete Townshend

Musician

· England

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I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won’t be classified as just a man.

- Pete Townshend

Musician

· England

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Man makes machines to man the machines that make the machines.

- Pete Townshend

Musician

· England

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Dance is the only thing that lets you lose yourself and find yourself at the same time.

- Pete Townshend

Musician

· England

Losing Yourself

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Beach is a place where a man can feel he’s the only soul in the world that’s real.

- Pete Townshend

Musician

· England

Beach

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Nothing else in nature behaves so consistently and rigidly as a human being in pursuit of hell.

- Pete Townshend

Musician

· England

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I believe rock can do anything, it’s the ultimate vehicle for everything

- Pete Townshend

Musician

· England

Pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday / And I get on my knees and pray.

Pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday / And I get on my knees and pray.

I played the guitar for ten years before I realized it wasn’t a weapon.

Everything that has befallen you happened simply cause it crossed your mind.

I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won’t be classified as just a man.

Man makes machines to man the machines that make the machines.

Dance is the only thing that lets you lose yourself and find yourself at the same time.

Beach is a place where a man can feel he’s the only soul in the world that’s real.

Nothing else in nature behaves so consistently and rigidly as a human being in pursuit of hell.

I believe rock can do anything, it’s the ultimate vehicle for everything

Owning a handgun doesn’t make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.

If I could play an instrument, it would probably be a cello or an electric guitar.

I’m actively going out onto the porch and noodling around on my guitar.

I have a buddy of mine who’s a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him.

My brother is an excellent songwriter, and I play guitar and drums.

I can sing fine and I can play guitar fine, but put ’em together and it becomes a thoughtful effort.

I don’t play for the guitarists in the audience. I play for the musicians.

I still believe in the need for guitars and drums and desperate poetry.

Pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday / And I get on my knees and pray.

Pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday / And I get on my knees and pray.

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