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" 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. "

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" If not for music in my life as a young person, who knows where I would have focused my energy. "

" When I first started writing songs, I looked around at the bands that were making it, and they all had the original material. Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, the Stones - everybody was writing their own songs. That's the way that you established your own identity. "

" 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. "

" 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 met Paul Kossoff for the first time when I was playing in the back of a pub room in Finsbury Park in London in 1967. It was kind of a blues thing going on, and he came up and said, 'I'd like to have a jam.' So he came up and jammed with me, and I just loved his playing right from the start. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Horses are such a powerful part of human development and have been since the early ages. We humans owe them so much. "

" I think it is tiring to listen to digital music for too long. "

" I still love 'All Right Now,' strangely enough. But then that's probably because I didn't play it for some twenty years. "

" I get a bit quick-tempered sometimes. "

" I liked the 12-bar blues because everybody could play it, but they could also play it their own way, and they could express their own emotions using that as a structure. "

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

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

" I look back on the early days of Free with Paul Kossoff with the most fondness of any of my bands, because I met him at a time when I was in London and very hungry, and we believed in each other. "

" I just try to keep an open mind, and that's the way a lot of good things happen. "

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

" 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. "

" When Free came together, there was a creative magic around us, something unique and different. "

" With Free, we were teenagers, and, ummm, there was a lot of raging hormones. "

" When we formed Bad Company, I looked around and asked, 'Who is the biggest rock band in the world?' The answer was undoubtedly Led Zeppelin. Peter Grant was their manager, so we got him to work with us. That made the difference for Bad Company. "

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