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 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 world. Something happened to me when I heard that music. It leapt out of the speakers and went… — 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 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. Something simple… — 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 of an… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Without music in schools' curriculum, there is a void for young people to express, explore, and experience music. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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