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" The first record I bought was actually Booker T and the MG's 'Red Beans and Rice.' "
Paul Rodgers
First
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T
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" I always think the audience should be part of the show. "
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" 'That's How Strong My Love Is' carries a message that resonates with the broken-hearted, and most of us have been there. "
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" I was 17, and it was my first summer in London as a professional singer. One hot, humid evening, I heard that the Jimi Hendrix Experience was playing in a blues club above a pub in Finsbury Park. I was flat broke and couldn't afford a ticket, so I went along just to stand outside and listen. "
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" There is magic on earth. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I like to be in control of my own destiny. "
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" 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. "
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" Blues is such a dynamic and ever-changing system of music. "
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Blues
Dynamic
" You go through periods of times where bands are calling the shots, and then sometimes, you've got the record companies calling the shots. I think it has to be a bit of both to make the thing work. "
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Work
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" 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. "
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" I've always been a Jeff Beck fan. Who isn't? He is in a league of his own. "
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" I got the idea of meditation from The Beatles. It was a fad, but I've found it beneficial in my crazy life. "
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Crazy
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" 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. "
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Together
Queen
" Songs do write themselves through you; I know people find it hard to believe, but it's true. "
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Know
" I toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd as a solo artist, many years ago. I love those guys. "
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Artist
Guys
Love
" 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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Free Spirit
Much
Free
" I loved the 'Free Spirit' tour and the guys who helped create the magic: Pete Bullick, Rich Newman, Ian Rowley and Gerard 'G' Louis. "
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" 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. "
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Life
Great
Hear
" 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. "
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Emotions
Kind
Up
" When Free came together, there was a creative magic around us, something unique and different. "
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Magic
Creative
Free
" 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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People
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" 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. "
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" When I left Free back in 1972, I didn't play 'All Right Now' until about 1996, when I was touring with Jason Bonham, and we were supporting the tribute record we had done to Muddy Waters. "
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Done
Back
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" I like following whatever's right for me at any given time. I could have stayed with Free for 40 years, but it becomes a corporate entity after a while, and once I become locked into it and governed by it and am expected to do a certain thing all of the time, I tend to want to move on. "
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Free
Want
Time
" Being in a band is all-consuming, and I like to have a life. "
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Like
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Being
" When I was in my teen years and in my 20s and even 60s, it was okay to drop everything and disappear and become a road warrior for all those months. But after a while you get... y'know, one likes to have some home life. "
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You
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" I get a bit quick-tempered sometimes. "
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Bit
" 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. "
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Music
Moment
" I saw The Jeff Beck Group at the Marquee Club in 1967, when he was with Rod Stewart, and holy smokes, they were amazing. "
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Marquee