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pete townsend, good morning.of bowing down this morning. wonderful to have you here. so why did you decide to write your life story? >> i decided to write it when i was 20. it's taken me a long time. it just felt the time was right. i'm 67. if i waited any longer, i could be dead, and there's a lot to say. >> the title is "who i am," a play, of course, on the band's name but is that a question you think you answer through the book? >> i think i do, and i think i have. that's good. i'm happy who i am and i never expected that. you know, i was rather a miserable young man. >> what a life you've, and you speak of misery as a young man. you had a really hard upbringing. you write in the first pages of the book about being sent away to a grand matter wmother who w abusive. do you think that ultimately defined your life and your music? >> it not defined my music by definitely came out in it, definitely, definitely, and could i see evidence of it in my music that actually did lead me to get therapy to look at just that

. >>> and legendary who guitar rift, pete townsend has a new memoir called "who i am." keep it on this channel for continuing news, sports and more. thanks for watching "early today," just your first start of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific monday.

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. >> a legend of rock 'n' roll, the who's pete townsend, dazzling audiences and thrilling fans for nearly century. now, of course, if you know anything about pete or the who, you know there's going to be some crazy years. guess what, we're going to chat with him about it monday here on "today." >> going a little bit rock 'n' roll. >> oh, yeah. >> an amazing book actually. really look forward to that. >> pretty cool. >> i'm al roker along with savannah guthrie and natalie morales and jenna wolfe. >> i didn't know if there was a skippage. >> made eye contact. >> we want to include you. >>> coming up, teaching teen girls how to find their own style. experts at "seventeen" magazine have great hair and makeup tips for teen girls. >> and then slow cookers, people who cook slowly, thought they were talking about me, whip up a dish, lit it simmer for the rest of the day. >> you can learn, too. >> it's easy. >> also a young lady who at 10 years old started raising money for those in need. now, just 17, she has raised millions of dollars and mobiles aed thousands and jenna bush hager has her story

so when pete townsend comes on the show, signs a guitar, that excites me a lot more than being aroundnts or prime ministers. >> last question. how long can "morning joe" go on? >> a couple more days. >> insanity. >> just because of the exhaustion. >> it's over. >> can you guys stay awake for another five years? [ overlapping speakers ] >> major success. congratulations. look what you've done to help all of us at this network. thank you very much. but really no more than a couple days? >> five more years? >> another week. another week. maybe five more years. >> i'm calling up to the 51nd right now and saying guess what we've got trouble. >> no trouble at all. they're sticking around. >>> tomorrow at this time our morning joe team gives their take on who has the female vote advantage plus a really fun story about mika's family thanksgiving dinner. we'll share that tomorrow. >>> number five on our first five web stories. justin timberlake and jessica biel are officially husband and wife. they tied the knot friday at a posh sea side resort in southern italy. they kept the details of the w

pete townsend is a true musical icon. in his candid memior called who i am.f his life and what was going on on and off the stage. i sat down less than 24 hours ago with the talented guitar hero peat townsend. i was surprised to learn in reading your book you considered naming the band the hair. would your book be called hair i am. >> hair i am not in my case. ♪ >> steve: where did that come from. >> hair was the thing in 1963 or 64. that was the thing. boys had hair . boys growing their hair. there was a point where we were fine with the idea of the who is a good name and hair was a good name, too. i have to say. we thought we would use both. >> steve: who hair? >> no hair who. >> steve: not only do people like it when you smash a guitar and it makes a cool noise. >> the fact they like it it is symbolism of the act in a sense and that is the thing that struck me. i looked for the fact is it a gimand i can working artistically and is this doing this or on that? >> steve: you were destroying your pocket book. they were a fortune? >> that didn't matter. >> steve

october only, >>> tomorrow on cbs sunday morning i'll have an interview with rock and roll legend pete townsendated it. >> why. >> because of the disorganization. >> it ended up being important for the band. >> vitally important. if we weren't there i don't think we would have succeeded much further. >> and now tristan prettyman is back with an encore performance. she will sing "i was going to marry you." >> have a great weekend everybody. >> thanks for being with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

october only, >>> tomorrow on cbs sunday morning i'll have an interview with rock and roll legend pete townsend it. >> why. >> because of the disorganization. >> it ended up being important for the band. >> vitally important. if we weren't there i don't think we would have succeeded much further. >> and now tristan prettyman is back with an encore performance. she will sing "i was going to marry you." >> have a great weekend everybody. >> thanks for being with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> you were going to marry jason and a number of the songs like this one on the album are about that. >> there's a couple. got to be honest. i've been writing about it regardless who or what. this was a therapeutic process for me. this time like more so than ever. you get your heartbroken, you go through something tough and music was one thing that was there for me. also through all that i fell so much more in love with music. this is a record i'm proud to share. >> i would think every song you write is therapeutic. >> it is. i'm always journalling. >> thank you. have a great weekend. thank you. ,,,,,,,,,,

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i'm reading pete townsend's biography. >> the thing that comes out of the film tomorrow night, grandfather one of those alcoholics who comes home after work as a vice president at the local bank and herself drinks a lot. they love him. he loves them. but it's a distant relationship. he's black, half black in hawaii trying to come to grips with what it means to be black. not a lot of black people in hawaii in those days and you watch him in our film go from hawaii, struggle with am i black, am i white, who are my parents and this constant search for home. which is obama's search. off to occidental college, where he comes into relationships with urban black kids who immediately recognize him as a white guy, a white asian guy probably from -- >> he's an outsider where ever he goes. he's an outsider. >> and imagine what he's done in his life. he builds an identity, which he then turns into the one salvation moment for him, the speech in boston, in order for me to exist, i have to embrace all the things that i am and all the people i am, hence, not a red america, not a blue america, we are the