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

Whenever I have bid a hasty goodbye to a loved one, I've always made sure that my record collection was safely stored away in the boot of the car.

I'd break out in hives if I had to sing (`Stairway to Heaven') in every show. I wrote those lyrics and found that song to be of some importance and consequence in 1971, but 17 years later, I don't know. It's just not for me. I sang it at the Atlantic Records show because I'm an old softie and it was my way of saying thank you to Atlantic because I've been with them for 20 years. But no more of `Stairway to Heaven' for me.

As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls.

I've stopped apologizing to myself for having this great period of success and financial acceptance.

I daresay one good concert justifies a week of satisfaction at home.

When I was a kid, the world was such a big place, and I had no idea that I would be afforded these great moments in between doing what I love to do.