Quotes from Robert Plant

When I was a kid, I was following black soul music.

I've still got a twinkle in me.

It's a two-dimensional gig being a singer, and you can get lost in your own tedium and repetition.

I really had to think and learn about musical intervals.

I've got the big name, but I've always wanted to be in a band, one of a band.

The events between 1968 and 1980 were the kind of cornerstone for everything I've been able to do, they gave me the springboard.

Old men do it better. We're not so sensitive in certain areas.

I couldn't imagine anything more horrifying than three middle aged men trying to pretend that 'Black Dog' is still significant. It's inappropriate.

I think Led Zeppelin must have worn some of the most peculiar clothing that men had ever been seen to wear without cracking a smile.

To rock isn't necessarily to cavort.

There are always generic terms like 'Americana', but there are no boundaries as to where it can go.

There's no point stepping up to the golden platform if you're going to repeat yourself.

I'm not saving lives. I'm singing and I should go placidly and joyously through the whole thing and work hard and not take it for granted. It's great to have this gift.

I owe everything to the musicians I work with.

The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.

There's so much of this beautiful planet that is still actually spectacular and stimulating. There are so many amazing people that you meet along the way.

It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer.

Some audiences can shake and bang their heads on the stage to riffs all night long, but subtlety is an art that must be mastered if you're going to be remembered.

I put a lot of work into my lyrics. Not all my stuff is meant to be scrutinized, though.

Whenever I have bid a hasty goodbye to a loved one, I've always made sure that my record collection was safely stored away in the boot of the car.

Don't be hard on yourself. And take as many chances, risks, as you can.

Alone I'm nothing.

There's not a lot of towns that I can go to and take family - too many incongruous knocks on doors - "Hello, honey. Have you missed me?"

As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls.