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You have to ask these questions: who pays the piper, and what is valuable in this life?

Robert Plant

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Robert Plant
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 20
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Robert Anthony Plant
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I kind of disguise my limitations by hanging out with very talented people. The excitement of the collision between the microphone-twirling guy from 1966 to now is just a fantastic adventure. There aren't many of us left and I've managed to kind of cover my tracks pretty good.
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The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?...We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal...I am a reflection of what I sing. Sometimes I have to get serious because the things I've been through are serious...The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music.
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I'm too old for Led Zeppelin.
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I'm so aware of the fact that if I hadn't taken the chances that I've taken along the line, I probably wouldn't be getting the best out of my voice anymore, I might have messed it up in that awful, predictable place.
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I like the idea of being alone. I like the idea of often being alone in all aspects of my life. I like to feel lonely. I like to need things.
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I think Led Zeppelin must have worn some of the most peculiar clothing that men had ever been seen to wear without cracking a smile.
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There's so much of this beautiful planet that is still actually spectacular and stimulating. There are so many amazing people that you meet along the way.
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How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?
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My vocal style I haven't tried to copy from anyone. It just developed until it became the girlish whine it is today.
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The music beckons to those who are listening.
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As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls.
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You would find in a lot of Zep stuff that the riff was the juggernaut that careered through and I worked the lyrics around this.
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I'd like to write a big rock anthem again. I just need to listen to Korn, and then I might get the idea of how to do it.
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I may as well do everything as if it’s brand new, and if I start to feel that any of it’s a compromise, then I’ll...I’ll be in Wisconsin.
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