The Only Term I Won't Accept Is

There's Such A Wealth Of Arts And Styles Within The Guitar... Flamenco, Jazz, Rock, Blues... You Name It, It's There. In The Early Days My Dream Was To Fuse All Those Styles. Now Composing Has Become Just As Important.

There's A Very Old Recording Maxim That Goes, 'distance Makes Depth.' I've Used That A Hell Of A Lot-whether It's Tracking Guitars Or The Whole Band. People Are Used To Close-miking Amps, But I'd Have A Mic Out Around The Back, As Well, And Then Balance The Two. Also, You Shouldn't Have To Use Eq In The Studio If The Instruments Sound Right. You Should Be Able To Get The Right Tones Simply With The Science Of Microphone Placement.

Every Record Is A Portrait Of The Band At That Time.

Well, Led Zeppelin Iv! That's It Really. I'll Tell You Why The Album Had No Title - Because We Were So Fed Up With The Reactions To The Third Album, That People Couldn't Understand Why That Record Wasn't A Direct Continuation Of The Second Album. And Then People Said We Were A Hype And All, Which Was The Furthest Thing From What We Were. So We Just Said, `let's Put Out An Album With No Title At All!' That Way, Either People Like It Or They Don't... But We Still Got Bad Reviews!

You Get As Much Out Of Rock & Roll Artistically As You Put Into It. There's Nobody Who Can Teach You. You're On Your Own And That's What I Find So Fascinating About It.