Aerodrome62: Pete, what are you reading these days? Fiction or non-fiction? What makes you want to pick up a book when you’re in the shop? What makes you want to put it back down without reading?   PT: I read too many books to give a simple reply. At the moment I am caught up [...]

Garethnh: Roger has been quoted as saying that John’s volume was a problem in the later years due to his deafness. Did this have any impact on yourself during rehearsal/on stage at all? It always makes me laugh that Roger always stood in front of John’s amps then said he was too loud!   PT: [...]

Jenlennon: How do you feel about people finding metaphors or meanings that may not be present in your compositions? How do you deal with people completely misinterpreting your meaning in a piece?   PT: What you describe is actually how it works. The intention of the song is to provide a foil, a musical tool, [...]

PART TWO OF SIX:   Clashwho: You’ve said that FLOSS will be in the style of TOMMY and QUADROPHENIA. Does this mean no dialogue?   PT: I just meant it would be a big project for me. I have no idea at the moment what form it will take. An example of the difficulty answering [...]

I’m getting along OK.   It feels a little deceitful to report to Who fans that I am writing, because I assume that you will assume I mean writing songs for the Who. I’m not there yet, and I’m not even sure I want to go there, or could go there if I wanted to, [...]