Paul Rodgers

I like to be in control of my own destiny.

— Paul Rodgers

I am proud to be a Canuck.

— Paul Rodgers

I get a bit quick-tempered sometimes.

— Paul Rodgers

I was conscious of vocalists from an early age.

— Paul Rodgers

I'm a big fan of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.

— Paul Rodgers

My dad worked on the Middlesbrough docks.

— Paul Rodgers

There is magic on earth.

— Paul Rodgers

Nobody should attempt to do Freddie Mercury impressions.

— Paul Rodgers

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

— Paul Rodgers

It's important to me to be able to hit the notes and just be able to fly when I sing.

— Paul Rodgers

If not for music in my life as a young person, who knows where I would have focused my energy.

— Paul Rodgers

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

— Paul Rodgers

With any band, there's two sides - there's the image, and there's the music.

— Paul Rodgers

I just try to keep an open mind, and that's the way a lot of good things happen.

— Paul Rodgers

Music takes me where I go. I'm always open to wherever the journey will take me.

— Paul Rodgers

I was brought up in a fairly emotionally repressed kind of society in Northeast England where one didn't express emotions and was…

— 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,…

— Paul Rodgers

I loved the 'Free Spirit' tour and the guys who helped create the magic: Pete Bullick, Rich Newman, Ian Rowley and Gerard…

— Paul Rodgers

'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

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

— Paul Rodgers

When I left Free back in 1972, I didn't play 'All Right Now' until about 1996, when I was touring with Jason…

— Paul Rodgers

I honestly have really deep reservations about releasing everything you ever did. Every time somebody farted in the studio, now it's out…

— 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…

— Paul Rodgers

Artists like Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Albert King, Ann Peebles, Isaac Hayes, and so many more gave me hope when I…

— Paul Rodgers

There are just so many people making music out there. I've always promoted the idea that everybody needs to make music. I…

— Paul Rodgers

Otis Redding, his voice, there was something spiritual and unworldly and at the same time, very deeply connected with the human connection…

— 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

Growing up in Middlesbrough [in England], I listened to artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Howlin' Wolf. It was like another…

— 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

I didn't 'join' Queen. We played together and found a strong connection, did a TV show, and carried on - then I…

— 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…

— Paul Rodgers

When Free came together, there was a creative magic around us, something unique and different.

— Paul Rodgers

I've always been a Jeff Beck fan. Who isn't? He is in a league of his own.

— Paul Rodgers

One doesn't have to sit through exams and go to universities to play rock n' roll.

— Paul Rodgers

Ann Wilson has an amazing voice and is a brilliant songwriter.

— Paul Rodgers

As a performer, the thing that I love is to see people come together.

— Paul Rodgers

The simpler the message, the broader the meaning, in many respects.

— Paul Rodgers

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

— Paul Rodgers

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

— Paul Rodgers

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

— Paul Rodgers