I Know Where I'm Going Musically. I

I Remember One Particular Occasion When I Hadn't Played A Solo For, Quite Literally, A Couple Of Months. And I Was Asked To Play A Solo On A Rock & Roll Thing. I Played It And Felt That What I'd Done Was Absolute Crap. I Was So Disgusted With Myself That I Made My Mind Up That I Had To Get Out Of It. It Was Messing Me Right Up.

We Kept Moving Forward And Didn't Try To Recreate The Past .. The Approach To Each Album Was Radically Different Every Time. Many Bands Would Have Some Success And, Because They Were Locked Into Having A Single - Something We Didn't Have To Worry About - They Had To Make Sure There Was Something Similar On The Next Album ... That Was Never The Idea With Led Zeppelin .. The Goal Was To Keep That Spark Of Spontaneity At All Times.

We Went In And Recorded Exactly Where We Were At That Point In Time. I Think Because Of The Quality Of Musicianship Of The Band Has Given It The Longevity. I Thought The Music Would Endure, I Didn't Think I Would ... I Always Thought I'd Be Dead By 30, Then Dead By 40 And On And On. Now I'm 55 So I Didn't Even Die At 50.

You Can't Just Find Yourself Doing Something And Not Happy Doing It.

There Are Very Few People I Can Call Real, Close Friends. They're Very, Very Precious To Me.