A never-before-published interview with Roger Daltrey from 1994.

In the interview, Daltrey talks about:

• Whether he has gotten his due from his solo albums
• Which album was a writing breakthrough for him
• Why he thinks fans have a hard time accepting him outside of The Who
• What’s great about The Who’s music
• Why The Who isn’t touring
• How hard it is singing Who songs
• How anger changes in middle age
• If he feels competitive with Pete Townshend
• If he knew Townshend was competing with him
• How Tommy really became a hit record
• Why Townshend is the way he is about The Who
• Why it was a constant struggle to make more records
• How he feels everyone in the band but Pete did not get the recognition they deserved
• The chemistry in the band
• What was something he was proud of from the Carnegie Hall gig
• Playing with the Spin Doctors on the Dave Letterman show.
• How his upcoming concert differs from the Carnegie Hall show
• What Townshend said to him after the Carnegie show
• The challenges with the Carnegie Hall concert
• The bad sound at Carnegie Hall
• When he knew he was going to take the show on the road
• Whether he ever considered hitting the road with a three-member rock band
• Whether they considered playing Woodstock ‘94
• The story of how he started spinning the microphone
• How the music biz is so “bloody corporate”
• Whether he thinks he will ever just sit back and relax
• Whether he goes to see his contemporaries in concert
• Whether he worries he’s going to disappoint fans
• Why didn’t the Who do encores

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