Roger Daltrey
Roger Daltrey
Roger Harry Daltrey, CBEis an English singer and actor. In a music career spanning more than 50 years, Daltrey came to prominence in the mid 1960s as the founder and lead singer of the English rock band the Who, which released fourteen singles that entered the Top 10 charts in the United Kingdom during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, including "I Can't Explain", "My Generation", "Substitute", "I'm a Boy", "Happy Jack", "Pictures of Lily", "Pinball Wizard", "Won't Get Fooled Again",...
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth1 March 1944
CityLondon, England
I struggled more than anything else to find a voice for this band.
I used to take amphetamines until I realized that amphetamines didn't go with being a good singer.
I can't hit some of the real high notes I used to hit, but it makes you have to explore different avenues.
You can do too much and oversell your market.
I thought if I lost the band, I was dead. If I didn't stick with the Who, I would be a sheet metal worker for the rest of my life.
I know my faults, but I'm comfortable with me.
I don't over-sing anymore, which I used to suffer from terribly because I couldn't hear myself.
I used to be a great blues singer.
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.
I don't like Tommy on Broadway at all. I like the music, I'm pleased with Pete's success but I don't like what they've done to it.
I don't have any illusions anymore. The illusion that rock 'n' roll could change anything - I don't believe that. I've changed.
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.
I always used to develop a cold going into the studio.
Every generation of rock musician will understand that we wouldn't be anywhere without the support of teenagers buying the records.