Now I'm a blithering oaf hanging on to the coatsleeves of commerciality.

You can't give up something you really believe in for financial reasons. If you die by the roadside - so be it. But at least you know you've tried. Ten minutes in the music scene was the equal of one hundred years outside of it.

If I didn't do what I do, I wouldn't be as young as I am.

No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know.

There have been people I've warmed to over the years but, as the situation I'm in is so fleeting and transient, I've always known it's going to be over kind of real quick.

The essence of Bonham is what he didn't play rather than what he did play - what he left out.

When you're singing we all phrase each other in the most remarkable ways. I might hit some sort of thing I've never done before - some vocal pattern. Bonzo will pick it up - he'll phrase with me instantly and then Pagey may join in or start some other phrase - it's like a quadrant.