Paul Rodgers

You've had all that punk and New Wave thing, and I think people have really got sick up to here with it.…

— 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 liked the 12-bar blues because everybody could play it, but they could also play it their own way, and they could…

— Paul Rodgers

To me, that's what music is: creating a mood, and taking the listener to the place that you're going.

— Paul Rodgers

I still love 'All Right Now,' strangely enough. But then that's probably because I didn't play it for some twenty years.

— 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 simpler the message, the broader the meaning, in many respects. I think about a song like Free's 'All Right Now,' which…

— Paul Rodgers

When we formed Bad Company, I looked around and asked, 'Who is the biggest rock band in the world?' The answer was…

— Paul Rodgers

When I first started writing songs, I looked around at the bands that were making it, and they all had the original…

— Paul Rodgers

There are so many challenges and different parts to the job of singing. When you're in the studio, you have to be…

— Paul Rodgers

I got the idea for the song 'Bad Company' when I saw a poster for the Jeff Bridges movie, and it reminded…

— 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 look at John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters, guys who had a fantastic longevity, and I learned something from them. They…

— Paul Rodgers

The spirit of the music and the energy that kicks back from the fans inspires me. To stay centered amidst the chaos…

— 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

When I was in my teen years and in my 20s and even 60s, it was okay to drop everything and disappear…

— Paul Rodgers

With Free, we had phased out all of the blues material and wanted to phase in all original material, and the only…

— Paul Rodgers

I love it when people come from all over the place in separate vehicles, and they all come to this venue and…

— Paul Rodgers

I had a band when I was 14, and we would play around in my hometown of Middlesbrough, and we'd go to…

— 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 met Paul Kossoff for the first time when I was playing in the back of a pub room in Finsbury Park…

— Paul Rodgers

When I play solo, that's when I put it all together. I go through all of the songs that I've written wtih…

— 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

We come from a generation where the music was very innovative, a lot of it coming out of blues and influenced by…

— Paul Rodgers