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

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" 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. "

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

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

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

" 'When I'm Sixty-Four' hasn't worn well, but George Harrison's 'Within You Without You' is awesome. "

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

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

" The one thing I loved about blues and soul was the way they taught the world how to express such deep feelings. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" My dad worked on the Middlesbrough docks. "

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

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

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

" Nobody should attempt to do Freddie Mercury impressions. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" There are so many challenges and different parts to the job of singing. When you're in the studio, you have to be really, really, precise. You've got to keep everything clean and nice because that's going to be something that's down forever. And then you go onstage, and it's much more in the moment. "

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

" 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. "