Paul Rodgers

I find the more you analyze, the less you really know.

— Paul Rodgers

Songs do write themselves through you; I know people find it hard to believe, but it's true.

— Paul Rodgers

Being in a band is all-consuming, and I like to have a life.

— Paul Rodgers

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

— Paul Rodgers

I think it is tiring to listen to digital music for too long.

— Paul Rodgers

Blues is such a dynamic and ever-changing system of music.

— Paul Rodgers

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

— Paul Rodgers

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

— Paul Rodgers

After leaving Queen, I decided to stop doing those mega-four-month tours. I go out for a month, and my dog recognizes me…

— 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

Once I'd become a songwriter, it just stays with you. You always want to write more songs because it's such a great…

— Paul Rodgers

The Skynyrds and I go back to the '70s and the days and nights at the Hyatt House on Sunset in L.A.,…

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One of my dreams was always to have a piano - a room with a piano overlooking the ocean or a lake.

— Paul Rodgers

Without music in schools' curriculum, there is a void for young people to express, explore, and experience music.

— Paul Rodgers

I enjoyed playing with the guys in Free Spirit so much because they really dug into Free material, and I really liked…

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In Free, we managed ourselves, and it was too tough for us to handle all of what that entailed when we got…

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

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Every day, every time I sing, I feel blessed, really, to be able to do that. It's like having wings, in a…

— Paul Rodgers

You go through periods of times where bands are calling the shots, and then sometimes, you've got the record companies calling the…

— Paul Rodgers

I look back on the early days of Free with Paul Kossoff with the most fondness of any of my bands, because…

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I've been influenced by so many great people , like Sam Moore, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, so…

— 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…

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I don't like lyrics to be overbearing. I like them to say something. But I'm not trying to change the world overnight.…

— Paul Rodgers

I just sort of grew up with music always in the background like a soundtrack. And it really hit me hard when…

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I toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd as a solo artist, many years ago. I love those guys.

— Paul Rodgers

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

— Paul Rodgers

Free - I miss that band, but when I look back, we were very young.

— Paul Rodgers

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

— Paul Rodgers

My mother said I used to dance to all this radio music when I was a young kid.

— Paul Rodgers

Life is so mundane, isn't it? It's great to hear a guitarist getting into it and the rhythmic section blasting, even if…

— 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

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

— Paul Rodgers

Horses are such a powerful part of human development and have been since the early ages. We humans owe them so much.

— Paul Rodgers

I tend to want to form bands and then create new music within them. Queen was an exception, and we joined forces…

— Paul Rodgers

Of course I was a fan when I was a kid. That's what made me get into it, the whole rock n'…

— Paul Rodgers

When I was 14, I heard Otis Redding in a club local to me, and I was blown away. It leaped out…

— 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

When I went down to London in '67, I had three things in mind: To survive, to find peace of mind, and…

— Paul Rodgers

I saw The Jeff Beck Group at the Marquee Club in 1967, when he was with Rod Stewart, and holy smokes, they…

— Paul Rodgers

I didn't really like the '80s, to be honest with you. There was some good music that came out, but it went…

— Paul Rodgers