Pete Townshend talks Clapton and more: "I remember Leslie West saying to me, ‘I prefer your licks to Eric’s. He seems to be playing things that he’s learned, that he’s picked up from other blues players’"

Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend perform together in 1973.

As a younger man blazing a high-volume trail in '60s and '70s rock, Pete Townshend was never short of a feistily held opinion. Now, well established in the elder statesman rock god survivor role, he remains a compelling interviewee.

This week, he's gone on record to MusicRadar's sister mag Guitarist covering a lot of ground.