I got the idea of what a band should be from listening to Booker T and Otis Redding. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
It's important to me to be able to hit the notes and just be able to fly when I sing. — 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
With any band, there's two sides - there's the image, and there's the music. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
The first record I bought was actually Booker T and the MG's 'Red Beans and Rice.' — 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
One of my dreams was always to have a piano - a room with a piano overlooking the ocean or a lake. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Life is so mundane, isn't it? It's great to hear a guitarist getting into it and the rhythmic section blasting, even if… — 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
You've had all that punk and New Wave thing, and I think people have really got sick up to here with it.… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
The simpler the message, the broader the meaning, in many respects. I think about a song like Free's 'All Right Now,' which… — 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
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
You go through periods of times where bands are calling the shots, and then sometimes, you've got the record companies calling the… — 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
Otis Redding, his voice, there was something spiritual and unworldly and at the same time, very deeply connected with the human connection… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
With Free, we had phased out all of the blues material and wanted to phase in all original material, and the only… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
When we formed Bad Company, I looked around and asked, 'Who is the biggest rock band in the world?' The answer was… — 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
I don't like lyrics to be overbearing. I like them to say something. But I'm not trying to change the world overnight.… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
A lot of those early blues records and soul records were pretty much live. It was what it was, and they had… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
When you can touch the spirit, whatever that is, and when you can feel the love, and you can feel the song… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
I got the idea for the song 'Bad Company' when I saw a poster for the Jeff Bridges movie, and it reminded… — 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)
