Musician

I'm always looking for the creative spark. Always.

Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was - there's no doubt about it. There's never been anybody since. He's one of the greatest drummers that ever lived.

I'm pretty loyal to my guitars, you know, but then they're pretty loyal to me, too.

It's good to be in a position to know that I've inspired musicians, from what I've learned to lay down personally, and collectively with Led Zeppelin.

It was an extraordinary connection, the synergy within the band. There was an area of ESP between Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, and myself.

In the 1960s and into the '70s, everyone in their own way was trying to open up the musical horizon. There shouldn't be a wall that you're going toward and bouncing off.

Zeppelin vinyl is quite revered in audiophile circles.

Playing in my early bands, working as a studio musician, producing and going to art school was, in retrospect, my apprenticeship. I was learning and creating a solid foundation of ideas, but I wasn't really playing music.

Certainly, as a guitarist, I was aware of descending chromatic lines and arpeggios long before 1968.

I was really competitive with myself.

The only way to have time is to shut down and then do what you want to do.

Led Zeppelin isn't done yet, quite clearly, because every year since 1968 there's been new fans.

The re-releases have more than doubled the amount of Led Zeppelin work out there. I wanted it done authoritatively, 'cause I was the one writing the stuff; I was the producer and mixer. I don't think it's any more weird than writing your autobiography.

I'm involved in all things musical. It's all consuming, even if it doesn't necessarily manifest as a record or a concert.

I'm involved in all things musical. It's all consuming, even if it doesn't necessarily manifest as a record or a concert.

Jack White is an extraordinary person because he's like a three-dimensional chess player. He thinks so far ahead.

The passing of John Bonham... Let's just put it... Before we say, 'the passing of John Bonham,' the introduction of John Bonham on the first album and 'Good Times Bad Times,' it changes drumming overnight.

Right from the first time we went to America in 1968, Led Zeppelin was a word-of-mouth thing. You can't really compare it to how it is today.

I can play in many sorts of categories because we've seen that with Led Zeppelin, all the acoustic stuff, and this, that and the other.

Led Zeppelin was a band that would change things around substantially each time it played... We were becoming tighter and tighter, to the point of telepathy.