The secret to Roger Daltrey’s enduring success—primarily as the iconic front man of the British rock band the Who, but also as a solo singer, actor and family man—is to be found mid-paragraph on page 187 of his short, witty and engaging autobiography. “I need to work,” he states simply, explaining why, in the 1970s, he spent three months building his daughters a dolls’ house during allotted time off. Workaholism appears applicable to all aspects of his life, and it is indelibly related to his roots. Roger Daltrey was a “Blitz...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 14, 2018 22:39 UTC