The Skynyrds and I go back to the ’70s and the days and nights at the Hyatt House on Sunset in L.A., aka the Riot House. Paul Rodgers Read Quote
I met Paul Kossoff for the first time when I was playing in the back of a pub room in Finsbury Park in London in 1967. It was kind of a blues thing going on, and he came up and said, ‘I’d like to have a jam.’ So he came up and jammed with me, and I just loved his playing right from the start. Paul Rodgers Read Quote
There are just so many people making music out there. I’ve always promoted the idea that everybody needs to make music. I think the more music there is in the world, the better, but it does make it highly competitive. Paul Rodgers Read Quote
A lot of those early blues records and soul records were pretty much live. It was what it was, and they had goofs and mistakes, but it still kept its charm. We have to remember to keep the feel. It’s so important. Paul Rodgers Read Quote
I like following whatever’s right for me at any given time. I could have stayed with Free for 40 years, but it becomes a corporate entity after a while, and once I become locked into it and governed by it and am expected to do a certain thing all of the time, I tend to want to move on. Paul Rodgers Read Quote
I have a secret weapon. My wife Cynthia is very good at keeping me in shape. She’s very good for me. She’s the best thing that happened to me. Paul Rodgers Read Quote