I couldn't imagine anything more horrifying than three middle aged men trying to pretend that 'Black Dog' is still significant. It's inappropriate.

(`Stairway to Heaven' is) a nice pleasant, well-meaning naive little song, very English. It's not the definitive Led Zeppelin song. `Kashmir' is.

And there are certain songs that are really timepieces and shouldn't be touched. But some of them are a celebration of good humour and sensibility and I think that's okay. I don't care about the past, I'm a musician with ambition.

Possibly the whole creative whirlwind of any musician's life is based on garnering and developing and absorbing more and more experience.

It's OK to quote from your past. But I'm more interested in quoting from my present and pointing towards the future.

I think we're in a disposable world and 'Stairway to Heaven' is one of the things that hasn't quite been thrown away yet.

Being good isn't just about being dextrous and being flash. Being good is about being an all-round contributor in the great world of music.