I'm not afraid of death. That is the greatest mystery of all. That'll be it, that one. But it is all a race against time.

From the classical guitar right through to the furthest electrical experiments and everything in-between, it's amazing what the guitar can actually do. I mean, when one thinks about sounds.

I know what I want to get down and I haven't got much time to do it in.

I know where I'm going musically. I can see my pattern and I'm going much slower than I thought I'd be going.

Seeing people's faces, really getting off on them, makes me incredibly happy. Genuinely.

Many people think of me as just a riff guitarist, but I think of myself in broader terms. As a musician I think my greatest achievement has been to create unexpected melodies and harmonies within a rock and roll framework. And as a producer I would like to be remembered as someone who was able to sustain a band of unquestionable individual talent, and push it to the forefront during its working career. I think I really captured the best of our output, growth, change and maturity on tape - the multifaceted gem that is Led Zeppelin.

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.