Paul Rodgers

I carry my own tea, food, and Tabasco on the plane with me.

— Paul Rodgers

'When I'm Sixty-Four' hasn't worn well, but George Harrison's 'Within You Without You' is awesome.

— Paul Rodgers

'That's How Strong My Love Is' carries a message that resonates with the broken-hearted, and most of us have been there.

— Paul Rodgers

With Free, we were teenagers, and, ummm, there was a lot of raging hormones.

— Paul Rodgers

I like following whatever's right for me at any given time. I could have stayed with Free for 40 years, but it…

— Paul Rodgers

I have a lot of analog. I think a lot of people do. There are a lot of people that are re-discovering…

— Paul Rodgers

One overindulges when you're younger, and you pay the price in later years. But I always realized how important it was for…

— Paul Rodgers

If you look at my history, my history is that of forming bands rather than joining them.

— Paul Rodgers

Only Freddie Mercury could do Freddie Mercury. He was absolutely brilliant - I loved him to pieces, and I had a great…

— Paul Rodgers

I got the idea of meditation from The Beatles. It was a fad, but I've found it beneficial in my crazy life.

— Paul Rodgers

A song like 'Shooting Star' - the thought process behind writing that song was that I looked around and thought, 'Wow, there's…

— Paul Rodgers

I got the idea of what a band should be from listening to Booker T and Otis Redding.

— Paul Rodgers

The first record I bought was actually Booker T and the MG's 'Red Beans and Rice.'

— Paul Rodgers

A lot of those early blues records and soul records were pretty much live. It was what it was, and they had…

— Paul Rodgers

A song isn't finished until it's played live, and then it moves on.

— Paul Rodgers

There's a lot of trickery that can go on in the studio, and there's a lot that one can do - none…

— Paul Rodgers

When you can touch the spirit, whatever that is, and when you can feel the love, and you can feel the song…

— Paul Rodgers

I have a secret weapon. My wife Cynthia is very good at keeping me in shape. She's very good for me. She's…

— Paul Rodgers

The one thing I loved about blues and soul was the way they taught the world how to express such deep feelings.

— Paul Rodgers

I always think the audience should be part of the show.

— Paul Rodgers

I was 17, and it was my first summer in London as a professional singer. One hot, humid evening, I heard that…

— Paul Rodgers

Live music is where you get the inspiration and the creativity.

— Paul Rodgers

In order to write music, you need lots of Tabasco sauce.

— Paul Rodgers

The thing about simplicity is it's not easy to achieve. To many, simplicity can mean repetitiveness and maybe even a lack of…

— Paul Rodgers

I come from a working-class family of seven children.

— Paul Rodgers