Thanks a Lot, Mr. Kibblewhite Quotes

“My fight-or flight fuse was shorter than a hummingbird’s dick”
― Roger Daltrey, Thanks a lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story

“That night in Paris felt fabulous but it was hotter than a witch’s tit.”
― Roger Daltrey, Thanks a lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story

“And it was hard to get through, hard not to let that emotion completely overwhelm you because, in between all the firemen at the front, they had some of the children of the guys who hadn’t made it out. They were wearing their dads’ helmets.”
― Roger Daltrey, Thanks a lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story

“The plates were from Harrods. In fact, almost all the stuff was from Harrods, a shop I’ve been determined to stay out of for my entire life. I’d like to have it on my gravestone. ‘Here lies Roger Daltrey. Died and never set foot in Harrods.”
― Roger Daltrey, Thanks a lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story

“I used to imagine myself as a duck. An acid comment here, a trashed hotel room there – they were raindrops rolling off my duck’s back. A Zen duck. That was me. Quack, quack.”
― Roger Daltrey, Thanks a lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story

“I think someone made a suggestion that Barney didn’t hear. He said, ‘The Who?’ Someone else said, ‘That’s good. The Who.’ And that was that.”
― Roger Daltrey, Thanks a lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story

“predictably, there’s a block of flats there now. They called it Daltrey House. The one next to it is Moon House.”
― Roger Daltrey, Thanks a lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story

“It’s no good to play at an audience. You’ve got to play to them. You’ve got to try and move them. You have to drive through them. And it works.”
― Roger Daltrey, Thanks a lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story

“Singing changes your brain. It reduces cortisol and increases the release of endorphins and oxytocin. Some people have to take drugs to do that. Why not just have a bit of a singalong? Singing in groups is even better. Scientists, not musicians, have found that our heart rates sync up when we sing together. You don’t even have to be any good. Don’t believe me? I refer you to the University of Sheffield’s memorable 2005 paper: ‘Effects of group singing and performance for marginalised and middle-class singers.”
― Roger Daltrey, Thanks a lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story

“I spent a lot of time with the disabled extras we had in the film, and they taught me a lot. I already knew from Mike Shaw how difficult life in a wheelchair could be. You just need to push someone around for a day and you realize how hard it is, and how little things make a huge difference. Things like kneeling down to talk to wheelchair users at their eye level. No one’s educated about it, are they? And because they aren’t, it creates a barrier. How hard would it be to replace one, just one, trigonometry class for a lesson run by a disabled person, explaining what would make their lives easier? Because everyone would do it. Even the toughest kids would do it. And it would make a huge difference to society.”
― Roger Daltrey, Thanks a lot Mr. Kibblewhite