Paul Rodgers Quotes
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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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Being in a band is all-consuming, and I like to have a life.
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Ann Wilson has an amazing voice and is a brilliant songwriter.
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When Free came together, there was a creative magic around us, something unique and different.
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One of my dreams was always to have a piano - a room with a piano overlooking the ocean or a lake.
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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.
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I look at John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters, guys who had a fantastic longevity, and I learned something from them. They didn't try to sell records. They weren't saying, 'Ok, what can I write, what can I do in the studio that will sell?' They were just doing their thing, and people picked up on it. I like the idea of that.
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I've been influenced by so many great people , like Sam Moore, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, so many great blues and soul artists that I completely revere. So it's strange for me, actually, to hear somebody say, 'Oh, I was deeply influenced by your music.'
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I carry my own tea, food, and Tabasco on the plane with me.
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I think it is tiring to listen to digital music for too long.
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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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'When I'm Sixty-Four' hasn't worn well, but George Harrison's 'Within You Without You' is awesome.
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I find the more you analyze, the less you really know.
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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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I'm a big fan of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.
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Music takes me where I go. I'm always open to wherever the journey will take me.
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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.
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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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A song isn't finished until it's played live, and then it moves on.
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I just try to keep an open mind, and that's the way a lot of good things happen.
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As a performer, the thing that I love is to see people come together.
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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.
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With any band, there's two sides - there's the image, and there's the music.
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I toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd as a solo artist, many years ago. I love those guys.