When I was 14, I heard Otis Redding in a club local to me, and I was blown away. It leaped out at me and went straight to my heart. I set my sights on singing like that. Paul Rodgers Read Quote
When I left Free back in 1972, I didn’t play ‘All Right Now’ until about 1996, when I was touring with Jason Bonham, and we were supporting the tribute record we had done to Muddy Waters. Paul Rodgers Read Quote
The first record I bought was actually Booker T and the MG’s ‘Red Beans and Rice.’ Paul Rodgers Read Quote
I had a band when I was 14, and we would play around in my hometown of Middlesbrough, and we’d go to the club afterwards, which was the Purple Onion then. There would be live bands playing, and in between that, the DJ would be playing records. Paul Rodgers Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I look at John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters, guys who had a fantastic longevity, and I learned something from them. They didn’t try to sell records. They weren’t saying, ‘Ok, what can I write, what can I do in the studio that will sell?’ They were just doing their thing, and people picked up on it. I like the idea of that. Paul Rodgers Read Quote
When I was in my teen years and in my 20s and even 60s, it was okay to drop everything and disappear and become a road warrior for all those months. But after a while you get… y’know, one likes to have some home life. Paul Rodgers Read Quote
Without music in schools’ curriculum, there is a void for young people to express, explore, and experience music. Paul Rodgers Read Quote