I Don't Care What Critics And Other

You Can't Expect To Be The Same Person You Were Three Years Ago. Some People Expect You To Be And Can't Come To Terms With The Fact That If A Year Has Elapsed Between Lps, That Means One Year's Worth Of Changes. The Material Consequently Is Affected By That, The Lyrics Are Affected By That... The Music Too.

We Kept Moving Forward And Didn't Try To Recreate The Past .. The Approach To Each Album Was Radically Different Every Time. Many Bands Would Have Some Success And, Because They Were Locked Into Having A Single - Something We Didn't Have To Worry About - They Had To Make Sure There Was Something Similar On The Next Album ... That Was Never The Idea With Led Zeppelin .. The Goal Was To Keep That Spark Of Spontaneity At All Times.

We Went In And Recorded Exactly Where We Were At That Point In Time. I Think Because Of The Quality Of Musicianship Of The Band Has Given It The Longevity. I Thought The Music Would Endure, I Didn't Think I Would ... I Always Thought I'd Be Dead By 30, Then Dead By 40 And On And On. Now I'm 55 So I Didn't Even Die At 50.

There Is No Way I Would Play Guitar Like A Tour De Force Like I Did In Led Zeppelin. John Bonham, Phenomenal Drummer, Young Man With His Technique, But Do You Think He Would Ever Have The Opportunity To Play Like That In Another Band? Of Course He Hadn't.

I May Not Believe In Myself, But I Believe In What I'm Doing.