“I met Paul Kossoff for the first time when I was playing in the back o...” — Paul Rodgers 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.

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

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

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

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

My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.

I cross-dressed as the judge in 'Hill Street Blues,' you know.

I was just fascinated by the blues.

The R&B will always prevail. It will always last. The blues will always last.

Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't.