If I didn't do what I do, I wouldn't be as young as I am. Robert Plant More Quotes by Robert Plant More Quotes From Robert Plant The States were much more fun. L.A. was L.A. It's not L.A. now. L.A. infested with jaded 12-year-olds is not the L.A. that I really dug. Robert Plant statesfunyears I haven't lost my innocence particularly. I'm always ready to pretend I haven't. Yeah, it is a shame in a way. Robert Plant innocenceshameway I'll just carry on being a dated flower child. Robert Plant flower-childflowerchildren Now and again there will be the occasional joke about owing someone two dollars from the days in '63 when I was a broke blues singer with a washboard, but it's good. I'm happy. Robert Plant owingdollarstwo I'm not trying to be cosmic, it's just that everything's on a roll and that's how it is. The songs within the album discuss that very condition. Robert Plant albumssongtrying I won't do a reunion tour unless my solo career fails miserably. Robert Plant reunionfailingcareers I'm too old for Led Zeppelin. Robert Plant zeppelins I've had many years to consider what I would like to see about a particular place. I don't waste any time and I enjoy it. Robert Plant wasteenjoyyears I don't think that you can rehash music that was born in the Fillmore East and came from a whole different set of social and emotional circumstances. The situation has changed. Let's get real about this. Robert Plant emotionalrealthinking Yeah, I think the point has well and truly sunk in by now, and I can just carry on. I don't even know what I'm looking for except a bit of hilarity and mild insanity musically, and I can get none of that by just delving into the history. Robert Plant hilarityinsanitythinking I think I surprise myself. Robert Plant surprisethinking It's part of me to get off on those moments where... well, what people would call attention. Obviously, that isn't the be-all and end-all of life, but at the states of creativity that I've reached, well, it helps the lyrics along a little bit. Robert Plant creativityattentionpeople Some audiences can shake and bang their heads on the stage to riffs all night long, but subtlety is an art that must be mastered if you're going to be remembered. Robert Plant nightlongart I was competing for attention in a four-piece band that was phenomenal, and I was trying to attack the blues from a kind of white English viewpoint as a singer. Robert Plant whitetryingattention I met Jason Donovan at RAK studios. He had jodphurs on and small riding boots as he jumped out of the cab. He looked just like me! Robert Plant ridingjasonboots The calendar and the mirror - they're bastards. Robert Plant calendarsmirrors I can't regret until the end. And I won't regret then, either. Robert Plant regreti-canends I treat everywhere as being a center from which I can enjoy the surroundings. Robert Plant surroundingstreatsenjoy What I want to do, I do! I'm pretty fortunate. Robert Plant fortunatewant When I was a kid, I was following black soul music. Robert Plant blacksoulkids
