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 all of the different bands; that, for me, tells its own story, and the DVDs really enforce that.

I enjoyed playing with the guys in Free Spirit so much because they really dug into Free material, and I really liked how they expressed it. They have a lot of dynamics.

It's important to me to be able to hit the notes and just be able to fly when I sing.

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

I am proud to be a Canuck.

There's a lot of trickery that can go on in the studio, and there's a lot that one can do - none of which I am interested in even slightly. I mean, you can actually tune vocals and stuff like that, but it's so hideous, I can't believe it.

I always think the audience should be part of the show.

I got the idea of what a band should be from listening to Booker T and Otis Redding.

We come from a generation where the music was very innovative, a lot of it coming out of blues and influenced by blues: the idea was that you would jam on things, and you'd try things out. You took a journey, and you took a left turn, and you experimented live right there in the moment.

Music takes me where I go. I'm always open to wherever the journey will take me.

I love it when people come from all over the place in separate vehicles, and they all come to this venue and become one energy. When that happens, it's a very magical thing. I think that helps the world go around, and it's what we do as performers - bring people together.

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