I'm not a flowerchild or anything like that... whatever it was. Robert Plant More Quotes by Robert Plant More Quotes From Robert Plant Being good isn't just about being dextrous and being flash. Being good is about being an all-round contributor in the great world of music. Robert Plant flashbe-goodworld Everybody's got something to tell you. And most people have told me to do the obvious thing as far as my career goes. Which would have sent me tottering into the abyss. Robert Plant obvious-thingscareerspeople Soon, I'm going to need help crossing the street. Robert Plant crossing-the-streethelpingneeds Possibly the whole creative whirlwind of any musician's life is based on garnering and developing and absorbing more and more experience. Robert Plant musiciancreativelife-is It's a two-dimensional gig being a singer, and you can get lost in your own tedium and repetition. Robert Plant gigssingerstwo I'm not interested in being known as the singer from Led Zeppelin. Robert Plant zeppelinsnot-interestedsingers When I was a kid, the world was such a big place, and I had no idea that I would be afforded these great moments in between doing what I love to do. I'm able to actually choose places to go which have intrigued me for the last god knows how many years, and Tasmania's always been one of those places. I see it all and yet I see so little because it's so fast. Robert Plant kidsyearsideas Since I was a kid, I've had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties, Chicago blues of the Fifties, West Coast music of the mid-Sixties - but I'd never really touched on dark Americana. Robert Plant mississippi-deltadarkkids You can't even imagine how it felt to have a cassette that you could take with you with a microphone so you could put down an idea and not have to hum it a million times to remember what it was. Robert Plant imaginerememberideas I use the music almost as a compass in some kind of quasi-romantic way. I try and go to places that I'm intrigued by, and I take this music with me, using my name at the front. Robert Plant usenamestrying Theatres are built because they were the boards for entertainment. Robert Plant entertainmentboardstheatre I've lived a life which has been pretty much full up with ambition, ideas, stimulus, creativity, some negativity which I try and avoid. Robert Plant creativityambitionideas How much do people really want to learn? I mean, some people get into a groove and they stay with it indefinitely. And what starts off as a great moment of explosive passion can end up as cabaret 25, 30 years later. It just depends on whether you go and find the right habitat to extend yourself. Robert Plant passionmeanyears You would find in a lot of Zep stuff that the riff was the juggernaut that careered through and I worked the lyrics around this. Robert Plant juggernautstuff We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal. Does anybody remember laughter? Robert Plant heartlesslaughtertrying There's no point stepping up to the golden platform if you're going to repeat yourself. Robert Plant repeatsgoldenplatforms 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. Robert Plant realpeopleideas When I was a kid, the world was such a big place, and I had no idea that I would be afforded these great moments in between doing what I love to do. Robert Plant would-bekidsideas The essence of Bonham is what he didn't play rather than what he did play - what he left out. Robert Plant leftessenceplay Maybe I'm just flying my own little ego ship, but sometimes people resent talent. Robert Plant egoflyingpeople
