Right from the first time we went to America in 1968, Led Zeppelin was a word-of-mouth thing. You can't really compare it to how it is today.

The way I see it, rock & roll is folk music. Street music. It isn't taught in school. It has to be picked up.

I'm at my best when I'm exhausted and under pressure.

If you wanted to chart new territories and head off over the horizon, you had to make sure you weren't overly influenced by what others were doing ... so it didn't matter what other bands were doing ... we did what we were doing.

I suggested back in 1980 to do a chronological live album, but there wasn't that much enthusiasm for it.

I've never regretted anything I've ever done.

All my houses are isolated. Many is the time I just stay home alone.