„I can’t play [guitar] like Pete Townshend. The flip side of that is that Pete Townshend could probably never have played like me.“

— Kurt Cobain
„Hope I die before I turn into Pete Townshend.“
— Kurt Cobain
„He was a revealing symbol. He called himself passive-aggressive. There was self-pity, whining. There was a diminishment, a diminution. He was sitting there in his sweater, hunched over his guitar, looking like a little lost boy. Compare that with the great figures of my generation: Jimi Hendrix. Pete Townshend. Keith Richards.“
— Camille Paglia
„I used to be coy about it, like me guitar playing. But if there's such a thing as genius — I am one.“
— John Lennon
„I can't believe you know someone named Freaky Pete," said Simon."I know alot of people," said Luke. "Not that Freaky Pete is strictly people, but I'm hardly one to talk.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Ziggy played guitar.“
— David Bowie