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

Once I get onstage the tension explodes and I'm fine. I'm in another world - in a trance almost, doing what I love best, expressing myself through guitar.

I don't deal in technique. I deal in emotions.

My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall's on `Reelin' In The Years'.

I don't go walking into things blind.

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.

So many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there's so many chances you have to take.