I've stopped apologizing to myself for having this great period of success and financial acceptance. Robert Plant More Quotes by Robert Plant More Quotes From Robert Plant There's so many parts of your life, you know? People say that you don't get any better after the age of about forty or something like that, as a performer. I find all that to be a misconception. I don't feel bad about the way I present stuff. The calendar and the mirror - they're bastards. Robert Plant mirrorsagepeople It's sort of a feeling of power onstage. It's really the ability to make people smile, or just to turn them one way or another for that duration of time, and for it to have some effect later on. I don't really think it's power... it's the goodness. Robert Plant smilepeoplethinking Dolly Parton's done 'Stairway to Heaven.' Anything's possible. Robert Plant stairway-to-heavendoneheaven The music beckons to those who are listening. Robert Plant music-islistening My mother was a gypsy, and she had a lot of dark blood in her, and her hair was very, very thick - she couldn't even get a brush through it. So I have been very fortunate. And every time I go to cut it off, hairdressers refuse to do it. Robert Plant cuttingmotherdark Each album has a different atmosphere. The third album and Houses of the Holy seem to be the two albums that people didn't get off on quite as strongly as the other ones. But I think they contain the basic ingredients for the further pursuance of what we're doing... the turning point to relieve the tedium of repetition. Robert Plant twopeoplethinking It's a shame to see these young chicks bungle their lives away in a flurry and rush to compete with what was in the old days the goodtime relationships we had with the GTOs and people like that. When it came to looning, they could give us as much of a looning as we could give them. It's a shame, really. Robert Plant shamegivingpeople Kashmir is my last resort. I think, if I truly deserve it one day, I should go there and stay there for quite a while. Or if I really need it at any point, it should be my haven, my Shangri-la. Robert Plant kashmirone-daythinking The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?...We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal...I am a reflection of what I sing. Sometimes I have to get serious because the things I've been through are serious...The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music. Robert Plant rocksessencereflection My vocal style I haven't tried to copy from anyone. It just developed until it became the girlish whine it is today. Robert Plant zeppelinsstyletoday You know, people can't fall in love with me just because I'm good at what I do. Robert Plant falling-in-loveplantpeople Back in my day, we called it rock 'n' roll, but then we always reminded listeners that it was no big deal if they didn't like it. Robert Plant rock-n-rollrocksbigs I think we're in a disposable world and 'Stairway to Heaven' is one of the things that hasn't quite been thrown away yet. Robert Plant heavenworldthinking It's OK to quote from your past. But I'm more interested in quoting from my present and pointing towards the future. Robert Plant pointingquotingpast I don't know how much more expressive you can get than being a rock and roll singer. Robert Plant rock-and-rollrockssingers The 50s were great because I collected stamps. Robert Plant stamps Does anyone remember laughter? Robert Plant heartlesslaughterlaughing I'm not saving lives. I'm singing and I should go placidly and joyously through the whole thing and work hard and not take it for granted. It's great to have this gift. Robert Plant savingsinginghard-work I want to play tennis and fornicate. Robert Plant tenniswantplay Finding another way to do what I know I can do pretty well. A way that stimulates me. I'm always on some sort of learning curve. If I can continually be surprised then I'm alert. Robert Plant curveswellsway
