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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Paul Rodgers

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Change The World

Change

" My mother said I used to dance to all this radio music when I was a young kid. "

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

" I saw The Jeff Beck Group at the Marquee Club in 1967, when he was with Rod Stewart, and holy smokes, they were amazing. "

" Music takes me where I go. I'm always open to wherever the journey will take me. "

" I was brought up in a fairly emotionally repressed kind of society in Northeast England where one didn't express emotions and was expected to keep a stiff upper lip. "

Paul Rodgers

Emotions

Kind

" You've had all that punk and New Wave thing, and I think people have really got sick up to here with it. I know I have. "

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

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

Paul Rodgers

Band

Got

" I toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd as a solo artist, many years ago. I love those guys. "

" Of course I was a fan when I was a kid. That's what made me get into it, the whole rock n' roll fantasy. "

Paul Rodgers

Kid

Rock

" 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. "

Paul Rodgers

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Purple

" I loved the 'Free Spirit' tour and the guys who helped create the magic: Pete Bullick, Rich Newman, Ian Rowley and Gerard 'G' Louis. "

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

" I was conscious of vocalists from an early age. "

" Without music in schools' curriculum, there is a void for young people to express, explore, and experience music. "

" 'That's How Strong My Love Is' carries a message that resonates with the broken-hearted, and most of us have been there. "

" I like to be in control of my own destiny. "

Paul Rodgers

My Own

Destiny

" I honestly have really deep reservations about releasing everything you ever did. Every time somebody farted in the studio, now it's out there. "

" When I play solo, that's when I put it all together. I go through all of the songs that I've written wtih all of the different bands; that, for me, tells its own story, and the DVDs really enforce that. "

" It's important to me to be able to hit the notes and just be able to fly when I sing. "

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

" We come from a generation where the music was very innovative, a lot of it coming out of blues and influenced by blues: the idea was that you would jam on things, and you'd try things out. You took a journey, and you took a left turn, and you experimented live right there in the moment. "

" 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. "

" There are just so many people making music out there. I've always promoted the idea that everybody needs to make music. I think the more music there is in the world, the better, but it does make it highly competitive. "

" I look at John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters, guys who had a fantastic longevity, and I learned something from them. They didn't try to sell records. They weren't saying, 'Ok, what can I write, what can I do in the studio that will sell?' They were just doing their thing, and people picked up on it. I like the idea of that. "

" 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. "

" Once I'd become a songwriter, it just stays with you. You always want to write more songs because it's such a great feeling. "

Paul Rodgers

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