The rock band "Free" burned bright and then quickly flamed out , but their influence had a lasting effect on rock and roll.

“I look back and I actually do wonder myself (Why we broke up), because (the band) was a really perfect outfit in many ways, you know. We loved each other, we loved the music that we created. But I think what happened was that Andy (Fraser) and myself, we were the main driving force I think, with the organization.”

“Andy was very strong in getting the business together and we wrote these songs together. And we differed over the future of the band, I think. To me, Andy wanted to take it to a more commercial direction and I wanted to go back to the Blues.”

“I thought Kossoff would sort of back me up in this but he sort of didn’t and Simon was like ‘whatever you w

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