The idea of actually taking sharp turns left and right has always intrigued me, but I've never really been bold enough to do that. As musicians go, I've allowed myself to be carried by other people's enthusiasm into places where I've learned a lot. There is no real tumult anymore. What I want to do, I do! I'm pretty fortunate.

It's crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards.

I'm not trying to be cosmic, it's just that everything's on a roll and that's how it is. The songs within the album discuss that very condition.

I'm not interested in being known as the singer from Led Zeppelin.

People run away, pull their hair, go off in different directions, nodding their heads and going, "Oh, God." I am slightly disheveled, I think. I'm really pleased that I am, because otherwise I could be in a really, really dull and boring place now, as a musician, at least.

It's a two-dimensional gig being a singer, and you can get lost in your own tedium and repetition.

Led Zeppelin was a very sensitive and beautiful animal beast.