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 am trying to do things and sing songs that I used to sing 30 years ago, and my voice has changed. I can't hit some of the real high notes I used to hit, but it makes you have to explore different avenues.
It was fun to sing somebody else's song.
I love Adele. That's a lead singer; that's the real deal.
I used to take amphetamines until I realized that amphetamines didn't go with being a good singer.
I used to be a great blues singer.
I enjoy singing; being in touch with something that is inside of me.
I don't know many singers who actually do like the sound of their own voice.
You have to keep fit being a singer - that's part of the job. You can't do it unless you have incredible stamina.
It was a period when the record industry was growing so fast and the business couldn't keep up. Bands were leading the way; it was driven by the art and not the business. Now it's driven by the business.
I was off the ground, ... There I am, living my fantasy.
I think Pete did have a hard time as a kid with his appearance. But don't all kids have a hard time? God, I had a hard time, too. I was little with bow legs and rickets. I used to get picked on like everybody used to get picked on.
John Peel, with his attitude to music did a lot of bands a lot of favours, including us,
One of them is particularly fantastic in the older Who vein. These songs are all about the spirit and the emotion. Whether or not they are successful in today's world, who knows? The business is totally different now.
Mike is a genius. I can really see him as Keith. He's amazing when you meet him, so clever.