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" 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. "

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" When I was 14, I heard Otis Redding in a club local to me, and I was blown away. It leaped out at me and went straight to my heart. I set my sights on singing like that. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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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. "

" 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. "

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

" I am proud to be a Canuck. "

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" 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. "

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

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" I loved the 'Free Spirit' tour and the guys who helped create the magic: Pete Bullick, Rich Newman, Ian Rowley and Gerard 'G' Louis. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" A lot of those early blues records and soul records were pretty much live. It was what it was, and they had goofs and mistakes, but it still kept its charm. We have to remember to keep the feel. It's so important. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Free got famous fast, and it was a shock. You're working towards it, and when you suddenly get it with bells on, it is a bit much. I don't know how well I dealt with it. "

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

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