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It's crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards.

Robert Plant

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Robert Plant
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 20
Composer
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Robert Anthony Plant
R. A. Plant
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I come from a very small island which is packed with people. I mean, jam-packed with people. I've lived a life which has been pretty much full up with ambition, ideas, stimulus, creativity, some negativity, which I try to avoid. Austin is a great sort of stepping-off point, if you like. I'm from a temperate climate.
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It's OK to quote from your past. But I'm more interested in quoting from my present and pointing towards the future.
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