Triumphant...
Pete Townshend performs at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia on September 12.
Photo: AP Photo/Matt Rourke
prefers to sing 16th century English ballads.
By comparison, Pete Townshend can't stand old rock stars and wouldn't even pay to see his own concert.
lutenist and composer John Dowland to the rock music of today.
entered the UK album chart at No. 24.
any more, it only bores me," Die Zeit quoted him as saying.
the first place.
never be poor again," he told the magazine.
"I'm very privileged. I'm a successful musician, live in a beautiful house, and have a wonderful family."
Meanwhile, loquacious songwriter and lead guitarist of The Who told Rolling Stone magazine, he doesn't want to watch "old guys in their self-congratulatory mode.
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The Who just wrapped the first leg of their North American tour, and will resume the trek in Los Angeles on Nov. 4. They will release their first studio album in 24 years, Endless Wire, on Oct.
31.
"I don't want to go out and see Bob Dylan. I don't want to go out and see the Stones.
I wouldn't pay money to go see the Who, not even with new songs," Townshend, 61, added in the interview.
Speaking of self-congratulation, the admitted "ageist" declared that he was at the top of his artistic game. He recalled that he captive children" when the Who played a recent show in Spain.
"I may never get any better," he said. "But I can try."
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