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" After leaving Queen, I decided to stop doing those mega-four-month tours. I go out for a month, and my dog recognizes me when I come home. "

" A lot of those early blues records and soul records were pretty much live. It was what it was, and they had goofs and mistakes, but it still kept its charm. We have to remember to keep the feel. It's so important. "

" Ann Wilson has an amazing voice and is a brilliant songwriter. "

" Artists like Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Albert King, Ann Peebles, Isaac Hayes, and so many more gave me hope when I was an angst-filled teenager trying to make sense of it all... They were my teachers. Through their music, I learned how to live, how to be true to myself, and how to tell my story as a songwriter the way that I was feeling it. "

" As a performer, the thing that I love is to see people come together. "

" A song isn't finished until it's played live, and then it moves on. "

" A song like 'Shooting Star' - the thought process behind writing that song was that I looked around and thought, 'Wow, there's a lot of people dying at that time in the music business.' "

" Being in a band is all-consuming, and I like to have a life. "

" Blues is such a dynamic and ever-changing system of music. "

" Every day, every time I sing, I feel blessed, really, to be able to do that. It's like having wings, in a way. It's a bit like flying sometimes, because you go off into another realm. And a whole lot of people come with you. It's amazing. "

" Free got famous fast, and it was a shock. You're working towards it, and when you suddenly get it with bells on, it is a bit much. I don't know how well I dealt with it. "

" Free - I miss that band, but when I look back, we were very young. "

" Horses are such a powerful part of human development and have been since the early ages. We humans owe them so much. "

" I always think the audience should be part of the show. "

" I am proud to be a Canuck. "

" I carry my own tea, food, and Tabasco on the plane with me. "

" I come from a working-class family of seven children. "

" I didn't 'join' Queen. We played together and found a strong connection, did a TV show, and carried on - then I suddenly realised I'd been with these guys for four years. If I'd been called up and asked to join, I would have said no. "

" I didn't really like the '80s, to be honest with you. There was some good music that came out, but it went a bit disco for me. "

" I don't like lyrics to be overbearing. I like them to say something. But I'm not trying to change the world overnight. Something simple and understandable that people can relate their own everyday experiences to. "

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" I enjoyed playing with the guys in Free Spirit so much because they really dug into Free material, and I really liked how they expressed it. They have a lot of dynamics. "

" If not for music in my life as a young person, who knows where I would have focused my energy. "

" If you look at my history, my history is that of forming bands rather than joining them. "

" I get a bit quick-tempered sometimes. "

" I got the idea for the song 'Bad Company' when I saw a poster for the Jeff Bridges movie, and it reminded of an old Victorian picture that I'd once seen, and it said, 'Beware of bad company.' So I sat down at the piano and started to write the song. "

" I got the idea of meditation from The Beatles. It was a fad, but I've found it beneficial in my crazy life. "

" I got the idea of what a band should be from listening to Booker T and Otis Redding. "

" I had a band when I was 14, and we would play around in my hometown of Middlesbrough, and we'd go to the club afterwards, which was the Purple Onion then. There would be live bands playing, and in between that, the DJ would be playing records. "

" I have a lot of analog. I think a lot of people do. There are a lot of people that are re-discovering it. I still have a lot of my old records from back in the day. It's a joy to play things like Junior Wells' 'Hoodoo Man Blues,' and John Mayall & The Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton. There's a warmth that you can still feel. "

" I have a secret weapon. My wife Cynthia is very good at keeping me in shape. She's very good for me. She's the best thing that happened to me. "

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