I'm Not A Guitarist As Far As

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 Don't Go Walking Into Things Blind.

From The Classical Guitar Right Through To The Furthest Electrical Experiments And Everything In-between, It's Amazing What The Guitar Can Actually Do. I Mean, When One Thinks About Sounds.

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.

There Was No Working Title For The Album. The Record-jacket Designer Said `when I Think Of The Group, I Always Think Of Power And Force. There's A Definite Presence There.' That Was It. He Wanted To Call It `obelisk'. To Me, It Was More Important What Was Behind The Obelisk. The Cover Is Very Tongue-in-cheek, To Be Quite Honest. Sort Of A Joke On 2001. I Think It's Quite Amusing.