I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.
But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn't do it. The best compromise was to put out two CDs - Early Days - which is what it is - and Latter Days.
Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was - there's no doubt about it. There's never been anybody since. He's one of the greatest drummers that ever lived.
Every musician wants to do something which will hold up for a long time, and I guess we did it with 'Stairway to Heaven.'
I really don't listen to Led Zeppelin that much.
I do know there's a lot of music where Led Zeppelin has been leant on. We didn't do anything about it. And I wouldn't want to, either.
My first guitar was like a campfire guitar. And it was left at a house that my family had moved into... and the guitar was at the house. It was all strung up. It's normally something that would be beyond a bit of rubbish.
I wasn't on 'You Really Got Me,' but I did play on the Kinks' records.
I seem to have tireless energy when I get involved in things, on an almost OCD basis, which is a good way to do things because if you're gonna do something, you'd better make sure you do it well.
If I'm going to put my image into something, I'll put my image into something that I actually feel like I'd like to do.
If you write a written book, you're gonna get slowed up by lawyers wanting to see what you say about this person, that person - I couldn't be bothered with it.
Listening to John Bonham is just a sheer celebration of his playing - it can't help but fill you with so much joy.
I prefer to hear an artist's work and what they can do, so as far as I'm concerned, I'd get a lot more out of a collection of songs to be able to understand what the musician is doing.
The album's not dead for me; I still buy vinyl albums.
In the Led Zeppelin shows of the Sixties and Seventies, it was the same numbers every night, but they were constantly in a state of flux. If I played something good, really substantial, I'd stick it in again.
I wanted to emulate music from America - young punks playing rock n' roll is what it was. I read part of Keith Richards' autobiography, and it was totally parallel with me, learning from American records.
I don't really know anything about sales figures, to be honest with you.
I don't think drums had ever sounded so big until Led Zeppelin's first album.
That's exactly why I came into music in the first place: to be inspired by what I hear to make it something else, to make it my own. That's how culture, creativity, moves, isn't it?
Led Zeppelin isn't done yet, quite clearly, because every year since 1968 there's been new fans.
