Mick Ralphs

“I’ve always been a Les Paul man. I’ve tried other things, but I’ve always gone back to a Les Paul.”

“When we formed Bad Company, we wanted to be a simple, straightforward rock 'n' roll band.”

“I'm not really a technical player. I'm a feel player.”

“The chemistry was instant between the four of us. It just clicked.”

“I wrote 'Can't Get Enough' on a four-string tenor guitar, tuned to an open G.”

“Paul [Rodgers] has got such a great voice, you could give him the phone book to sing and it would sound good.”

“It was a Gibson Junior, which I refinished in white. That was the guitar I used on 'All The Young Dudes'.”

“When David Bowie gave us 'All The Young Dudes', it saved the band.”

“I always liked the sound of the Stones, the Faces - that raw, bluesy kind of rock.”

“Songwriting for me is a very personal thing. It’s an expression of what’s going on inside.”

“The Mott the Hoople days were chaotic, but a lot of fun.”

“I wanted to do something that was a bit more stripped down, blues-based, and that's what Bad Company was.”

“Playing live is the ultimate for me. The connection with the audience is what it's all about.”

“We never saw ourselves as a glam rock band. We were just a rock 'n' roll band that happened to wear some fancy clothes.”