--- title: "2 Bad company Quotes By Paul Rodgers" description: "2 Bad company quotes by Paul Rodgers. Plus more from Paul Rodgers and more Bad company sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/paul-rodgers-4957_bad_i-got-the-idea-for-the-song-bad-company_115891.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/i-got-the-idea-for-the-song-bad-company-when-i-saw-a-poster-for-the/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/paul-rodgers-4957_bad_i-got-the-idea-for-the-song-bad-company_115891.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/when-we-formed-bad-company-i-looked-around-and-asked-who-is-the/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/paul-rodgers-4957_bad_when-we-formed-bad-company-i-looked-arou_370252.jpg) ## Other authors on Bad company - [Dada Bhagwan 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-company/dada-bhagwan/) ## More by Paul Rodgers > [In Free, we managed ourselves, and it was too tough for us to handle all of what that entailed when we got to touring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/in-free-we-managed-ourselves-and-it-was-too-tough-for-us-to-handle/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/i-don-t-like-lyrics-to-be-overbearing-i-like-them-to-say-something/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) > [I got the idea for the song 'Bad Company' when I saw a poster for the Jeff Bridges movie, and it reminded of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/i-got-the-idea-for-the-song-bad-company-when-i-saw-a-poster-for-the/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/there-were-personality-clashes-in-free-really-i-think-it-s-as-simple/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) > [I met Paul Kossoff for the first time when I was playing in the back of a pub room in Finsbury Park in London…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/i-met-paul-kossoff-for-the-first-time-when-i-was-playing-in-the-back/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/free-got-famous-fast-and-it-was-a-shock-you-re-working-towards-it-and/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) > [Without music in schools' curriculum, there is a void for young people to express, explore, and experience music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/without-music-in-schools-curriculum-there-is-a-void-for-young-people/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) > [When I was 14, I heard Otis Redding in a club local to me, and I was blown away. It leaped out at me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/when-i-was-14-i-heard-otis-redding-in-a-club-local-to-me-and-i-was/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) > [I like to be in control of my own destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/i-like-to-be-in-control-of-my-own-destiny/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) > [When we formed Bad Company, I looked around and asked, 'Who is the biggest rock band in the world?' The answer was undoubtedly Led…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/when-we-formed-bad-company-i-looked-around-and-asked-who-is-the/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) > [I look back on the early days of Free with Paul Kossoff with the most fondness of any of my bands, because I met…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/i-look-back-on-the-early-days-of-free-with-paul-kossoff-with-the-most/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/you-ve-had-all-that-punk-and-new-wave-thing-and-i-think-people-have/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) > [My dad worked on the Middlesbrough docks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/my-dad-worked-on-the-middlesbrough-docks/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/soul-and-blues-were-a-definite-influence-on-me-it-was-raw-and-naked/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) > [I toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd as a solo artist, many years ago. I love those guys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/i-toured-with-lynyrd-skynyrd-as-a-solo-artist-many-years-ago-i-love/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-company/paul-rodgers/#itemlist", "name": "2 Bad company Quotes By Paul Rodgers", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.' 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