I'm still terrified of flying. I really have to get drunk to fly. I've found that I've developed fears I never had before... fears of heights, claustrophobia... only in cities, though, never in the country.

There is no way I would play guitar like a tour de force like I did in Led Zeppelin. John Bonham, phenomenal drummer, young man with his technique, but do you think he would ever have the opportunity to play like that in another band? Of course he hadn't.

I'm still searching for an angel with a broken wing. It's not very easy to find them these days.

My finger picking is sort of a cross between Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, and total incompetence.

You absorb so much from whatever your environment is, as an artist, and you learn to take from it what can help you create.

I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn't teach it in school.

You know what you can gain when you sit down with the Moroccans. As a person and as a musician. That's how you grow.