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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. "

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" 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. "

Paul Rodgers

Believe

" I just sort of grew up with music always in the background like a soundtrack. And it really hit me hard when The Beatles came along, like so many people. That got me started digging back further to Chuck Berry. "

Paul Rodgers

People

Hard

" 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. "

" In order to write music, you need lots of Tabasco sauce. "

" 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. "

" 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

" One doesn't have to sit through exams and go to universities to play rock n' roll. "

" I am proud to be a Canuck. "

Paul Rodgers

I Am

Proud

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

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

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

" There is magic on earth. "

Paul Rodgers

Magic

Earth

" Songs do write themselves through you; I know people find it hard to believe, but it's true. "

" With any band, there's two sides - there's the image, and there's the music. "

" I've been influenced by so many great people , like Sam Moore, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, so many great blues and soul artists that I completely revere. So it's strange for me, actually, to hear somebody say, 'Oh, I was deeply influenced by your music.' "

Paul Rodgers

Soul

King

" 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. "

" With Free, we had phased out all of the blues material and wanted to phase in all original material, and the only song that stayed from our blues past was 'The Hunter' by Albert King. People just loved that. And I said, 'We have to write a song that will top that - otherwise, what are we doing here?' That was the birth of 'All Right Now.' "

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

" 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

Play

Purple

" 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. "

" Nobody should attempt to do Freddie Mercury impressions. "

" 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

" I'm a big fan of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. "

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

Paul Rodgers

My Own

Destiny

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

Paul Rodgers

Band

Being

" 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. "

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

" 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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