Now I'm a blithering oaf hanging on to the coatsleeves of commerciality. 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 states fun years 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 innocence shame way I'll just carry on being a dated flower child. Robert Plant flower-child flower children 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 owing dollars two 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 albums song trying I won't do a reunion tour unless my solo career fails miserably. Robert Plant reunion failing careers 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 waste enjoy years 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 emotional real thinking 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 hilarity insanity thinking I think I surprise myself. Robert Plant surprise thinking 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 creativity attention people 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 night long art 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 white trying attention 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 riding jason boots The calendar and the mirror - they're bastards. Robert Plant calendars mirrors I can't regret until the end. And I won't regret then, either. Robert Plant regret i-can ends I treat everywhere as being a center from which I can enjoy the surroundings. Robert Plant surroundings treats enjoy What I want to do, I do! I'm pretty fortunate. Robert Plant fortunate want When I was a kid, I was following black soul music. Robert Plant black soul kids