Bad Company's Paul Rodgers, who missed the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this week after health issues prevented him from attending, has released a video of his acceptance speech.
"I was given just two minutes for my speech at the induction for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame," says Rodgers. "Here is my speech in its entirety. In 1964, when I was 14 years old, I was sitting in my classroom overlooking Middlesbrough, my hometown in the northeast of England. I could see beyond the town below the steelworks, and beyond that the chemical factory, and beyond that the shipyards.
