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.

The whole idea of music, from the beginning of time, was for people to be happy

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

I don't want to scream 'Immigrant Song' every night for the rest of my life, and I'm not sure I could.

I do spend a lot more time away from the U.K., it's important to me that I still feel the beat of the people that have been close to me for a long, long time. It's also important that I have really strong and beautiful relationships which I wish to preserve. That enables me - or challenges me, ultimately - to get a Texas driving license!

I don't think I've aged gracefully.

When I was a kid, I was following black soul music.