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

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" When I went down to London in '67, I had three things in mind: To survive, to find peace of mind, and to make music doing it. "

" There's a lot of trickery that can go on in the studio, and there's a lot that one can do - none of which I am interested in even slightly. I mean, you can actually tune vocals and stuff like that, but it's so hideous, I can't believe it. "

" The Skynyrds and I go back to the '70s and the days and nights at the Hyatt House on Sunset in L.A., aka the Riot House. "

" I've always been a Jeff Beck fan. Who isn't? He is in a league of his own. "

" The thing about simplicity is it's not easy to achieve. To many, simplicity can mean repetitiveness and maybe even a lack of intelligence, those kind of things, but simple yet unique is the key. "

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

" 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. "

" One of my dreams was always to have a piano - a room with a piano overlooking the ocean or a lake. "

" One overindulges when you're younger, and you pay the price in later years. But I always realized how important it was for me to take care of myself and my voice if I was gonna have a voice when I was older. "

" The first record I bought was actually Booker T and the MG's 'Red Beans and Rice.' "

" Only Freddie Mercury could do Freddie Mercury. He was absolutely brilliant - I loved him to pieces, and I had a great deal of respect for him. "

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

" When you can touch the spirit, whatever that is, and when you can feel the love, and you can feel the song is cooking and it's in the pocket, you know, everybody knows that's the one that's grooving. "

" I tend to want to form bands and then create new music within them. Queen was an exception, and we joined forces because it just seemed to work when we played together. "

" There were personality clashes in Free, really. I think it's as simple as that; I think we felt we weren't leaving each other enough room to develop in our own way, and we were restricting each other. So we said, let's go different ways. "

" In Free, we managed ourselves, and it was too tough for us to handle all of what that entailed when we got to touring America. "

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

" Soul and blues were a definite influence on me. It was raw and naked emotion which you didn't get much where I come from. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 'Shooting Star' started out as the arrangement on the record, and it's developed into a real audience-participation song, just from playing it. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The simpler the message, the broader the meaning, in many respects. I think about a song like Free's 'All Right Now,' which I'm often asked about. It's that sort of song. "

" Life is so mundane, isn't it? It's great to hear a guitarist getting into it and the rhythmic section blasting, even if it's all meaningless. "

" Otis Redding, his voice, there was something spiritual and unworldly and at the same time, very deeply connected with the human connection and the way one feels about life in general, love, life, and everything, really. "