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.”

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

“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.”

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