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

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

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.

I always felt if we were going in to do an album, there should already be a lot of structure already made up so we could get on with that and see what else happened.

We kept moving forward and didn't try to recreate the past .. the approach to each album was radically different every time. Many bands would have some success and, because they were locked into having a single - something we didn't have to worry about - they had to make sure there was something similar on the next album ... that was never the idea with Led Zeppelin .. the goal was to keep that spark of spontaneity at all times.

I don't like being stuck in one situation, day to day.

There's a very old recording maxim that goes, 'Distance makes depth.' I've used that a hell of a lot-whether it's tracking guitars or the whole band. People are used to close-miking amps, but I'd have a mic out around the back, as well, and then balance the two. Also, you shouldn't have to use EQ in the studio if the instruments sound right. You should be able to get the right tones simply with the science of microphone placement.