When I'm on the stage - let me try and explain - when I'm on the stage, I'm not in control...
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Pete Townshend:
When I'm on the stage - let me try and explain - When I'm on the stage, I'm not in control of myself at all. I don't even know who I am, you know. I'm not this rational person that can sit here now and talk to you. If you walked on the stage with a microphone in the middle of a concert, I'd probably come close to killing you - I *have* come close to killing people that walked on the stage. Abbie Hofmann walked on the stage at Woodstock and I nearly killed him with me guitar. A cameraman walked the stage - a, a, a policeman came on when the bloody building at the Fillmore in New York was burning down - and I kicked him in the balls and sent him off, you know. Because - I - I'm just not there, really. It's not like being possessed, it's just - I do my job. And I know that I have to get into a certain state of mind to do it
When I'm on the stage - let me try and explain - When I'm on the stage, I'm not in control of myself at all. I don't even know who I am, you know. I'm not this rational person that can sit here now and talk to you. If you walked on the stage with a microphone in the middle of a concert, I'd probably come close to killing you - I *have* come close to killing people that walked on the stage. Abbie Hofmann walked on the stage at Woodstock and I nearly killed him with me guitar. A cameraman walked the stage - a, a, a policeman came on when the bloody building at the Fillmore in New York was burning down - and I kicked him in the balls and sent him off, you know. Because - I - I'm just not there, really. It's not like being possessed, it's just - I do my job. And I know that I have to get into a certain state of mind to do it
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When I'm on the stage Let me try and explain
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When I'm on the stage I'm not in control of myself at all
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I don't even know who I am
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You know I'm not this rational person
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that can sit here now and talk to you
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If you walked on the stage with a microphone
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in the middle of a concert
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I'd probably come close to killing you
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I have come close to killing people who have walked on stage
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Abbie Hoffman walked on the stage at Woodstock
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and I nearly killed him with my guitar
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A cameraman walked on the stage
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A policeman came on when the bloody building
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at the Fillmore In New York was burning down
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and I kicked him in the balls and sent him off
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because I you know I'm just not there really
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It's not like being possessed It's just I do my job
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and I know I have to get into a certain state of mind to do it
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Interviews, TV clips and concert footage make up this comprehensive profile of The Who, Britain's premiere rock band.
