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Part of the early Who career was all about knocking people's confidences out.

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Roger Daltrey
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: March 1
Actor
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Film Producer
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Singer-Songwriter
Hammersmith
London
Roger Harry Daltrey
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We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was a wonderful community in Shepherd's Bush, where I grew up. All my friends were into villainy and crime.
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You know, I was a school rebel. Whatever they said do, I didn't do. I was totally anti-everything.
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I struggled more than anything else to find a voice for this band.
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Fifty per cent of rock is having a good time.
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I'm realistic about my age and realistic about the fact that there's an awful lot less in front of me than there is behind me. I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist.
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I hope I die before I get old.
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Rock n' roll seems to have changed society much more than any politician, I think it really has.
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I've never wanted to be anyone other than who I am.
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When I sing, I try to live the song or live the emotion of the song. The space I'm in doesn't exist. It's another world.
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All you could do was to see them. We were backstage when the Beatles were on and you could just about hear a noise. It was just literally screaming.
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I feel there must be an enormous amount of really talented songwriters out there who can't sing.
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I never understood that if you sweat as much as I used to every night, you drain your body of salts. So I got very, very, seriously ill. I got to the stage where I was almost hospitalized with serious problems.
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No, I was two years older than the other guys. I was a war baby. My family were a lot poorer than they were. I'd had to fight too hard for anything I had in my life and to smash things up for me.
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I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist.
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There is certainly more in the future now than back in 1964.
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I used to take amphetamines until I realized that amphetamines didn't go with being a good singer.
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I enjoy singing being in touch with something that is inside of me.
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First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice.
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I call it fan fatigue. I went to see Bob Dylan last year, who I think is absolutely incredible, but he suffers from his audience.
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I had me jaw broken, and so my chin stuck way out. That's how I became tough - I learned to pick up anything and fight back.
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