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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

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Paul Rodgers

Magic

Earth

" 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. "

" 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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First

Red

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

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

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

" When you can touch the spirit, whatever that is, and when you can feel the love, and you can feel the song is cooking and it's in the pocket, you know, everybody knows that's the one that's grooving. "

" 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

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

" I love it when people come from all over the place in separate vehicles, and they all come to this venue and become one energy. When that happens, it's a very magical thing. I think that helps the world go around, and it's what we do as performers - bring people together. "

" 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 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. "

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

" My dad worked on the Middlesbrough docks. "

Paul Rodgers

Dad

Worked

" Music takes me where I go. I'm always open to wherever the journey will take me. "

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

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" I've always been a Jeff Beck fan. Who isn't? He is in a league of his own. "

" 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. "

" 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. "