When I first started writing songs, I looked around at the bands that were making it, and they all had the original material. Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, the Stones - everybody was writing their own songs. That's the way that… — 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
