Since I was a kid, Ive 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 Id never really touched on dark Americana. – Robert Plant
How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. Thats all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated? – Robert Plant
Entertainment isnt just based on the very structured syndrome of European popular music, and its great that there are so many thousands of people who are of the same opinion. – Robert Plant
I like to walk, touch living Mother Earth—bare feet best, and thrill every step. Used to envy happy reptiles that had advantage of so much body in contact with earth, bosom to bosom. [We] live with our heels as well as head and most of our pleasure comes in that way. – John Muir, quoted in To Yosemite and Beyond: Writings from the Years 1863–