With any band, there's two sides - there's the image, and there's the music. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Music takes me where I go. I'm always open to wherever the journey will take me. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
If not for music in my life as a young person, who knows where I would have focused my energy. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
To me, that's what music is: creating a mood, and taking the listener to the place that you're going. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
My mother said I used to dance to all this radio music when I was a young kid. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Without music in schools' curriculum, there is a void for young people to express, explore, and experience music. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
There are just so many people making music out there. I've always promoted the idea that everybody needs to make music. I… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
A song like 'Shooting Star' - the thought process behind writing that song was that I looked around and thought, 'Wow, there's… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
'Shooting Star' started out as the arrangement on the record, and it's developed into a real audience-participation song, just from playing it. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
When I went down to London in '67, I had three things in mind: To survive, to find peace of mind, and… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
The spirit of the music and the energy that kicks back from the fans inspires me. To stay centered amidst the chaos… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
I didn't really like the '80s, to be honest with you. There was some good music that came out, but it went… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
I tend to want to form bands and then create new music within them. Queen was an exception, and we joined forces… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
I've been influenced by so many great people , like Sam Moore, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, so… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Growing up in Middlesbrough [in England], I listened to artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Howlin' Wolf. It was like another… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Artists like Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Albert King, Ann Peebles, Isaac Hayes, and so many more gave me hope when I… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
We come from a generation where the music was very innovative, a lot of it coming out of blues and influenced by… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Songs do write themselves through you; I know people find it hard to believe, but it's true. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
I just sort of grew up with music always in the background like a soundtrack. And it really hit me hard when… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
In Free, we managed ourselves, and it was too tough for us to handle all of what that entailed when we got to touring… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share
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… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share
I got the idea for the song 'Bad Company' when I saw a poster for the Jeff Bridges movie, and it reminded of an… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share
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… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share
I met Paul Kossoff for the first time when I was playing in the back of a pub room in Finsbury Park in London… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share
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… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share
Without music in schools' curriculum, there is a void for young people to express, explore, and experience music. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share
When I was 14, I heard Otis Redding in a club local to me, and I was blown away. It leaped out at me… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share
When we formed Bad Company, I looked around and asked, 'Who is the biggest rock band in the world?' The answer was undoubtedly Led… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share
I look back on the early days of Free with Paul Kossoff with the most fondness of any of my bands, because I met… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share
You've had all that punk and New Wave thing, and I think people have really got sick up to here with it. I know… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share
Soul and blues were a definite influence on me. It was raw and naked emotion which you didn't get much where I come from. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share
I toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd as a solo artist, many years ago. I love those guys. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share
![“Growing up in Middlesbrough [in England], I listened to artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Howlin' Wolf. It was like another world. Something happened to me when I heard that music. It leapt out of the speakers and went straight into my heart. And I thought, "Right, that's what I'm…” quote by Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3a1/paul-rodgers-4957_another-world_growing-up-in-middlesbrough-in-england-i_2603186.jpg)
