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" 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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" 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. "

Paul Rodgers

Work

Together

Queen

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

Paul Rodgers

My Own

Destiny

" Once I'd become a songwriter, it just stays with you. You always want to write more songs because it's such a great feeling. "

Paul Rodgers

Want

You

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

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

" After leaving Queen, I decided to stop doing those mega-four-month tours. I go out for a month, and my dog recognizes me when I come home. "

" Artists like Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Albert King, Ann Peebles, Isaac Hayes, and so many more gave me hope when I was an angst-filled teenager trying to make sense of it all... They were my teachers. Through their music, I learned how to live, how to be true to myself, and how to tell my story as a songwriter the way that I was feeling it. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a big fan of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. "

" 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. "

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

Paul Rodgers

Band

Being

" 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. "

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

" Live music is where you get the inspiration and the creativity. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" With Free, we had phased out all of the blues material and wanted to phase in all original material, and the only song that stayed from our blues past was 'The Hunter' by Albert King. People just loved that. And I said, 'We have to write a song that will top that - otherwise, what are we doing here?' That was the birth of 'All Right Now.' "

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

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

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

" 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. "

Paul Rodgers

People

Hard

" 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. "