Robert Plant

Singer

1948-08-20

English singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of Led Zeppelin. He later established a successful solo career spanning rock and folk-influenced music.

Books by Robert Plant

Ecommerce
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The powers of presence
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The affecting presence
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Quotes by Robert Plant

You know, people can't fall in love with me just because I'm good at what I do.
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You know, people can't fall in love with me just because I'm good at what I do.
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Alone I'm nothing.
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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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When I was a kid, I was following black soul music.
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The events between 1968 and 1980 were the kind of cornerstone for everything I've been able to do, they gave me the springboard.
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You feel quite distant by playing at huge stadiums year after year, where you only can see a great darkness in front of you.
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I think we're in a disposable world and 'Stairway to Heaven' is one of the things that hasn't quite been thrown away yet.
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There's no point stepping up to the golden platform if you're going to repeat yourself.
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The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.
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I think I surprise myself.
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You can't give up something you really believe in for financial reasons. If you die by the roadside - so be it. But at least you know you've tried. Ten minutes in the music scene was the equal of one hundred years outside of it.
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I wanted my voice to be a tenor sax, really.
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Entertainment isn't just based on the very structured syndrome of European popular music, and it's great that there are so many thousands of people who are of the same opinion.
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I like to comprehend more or less everything around me - apart from the creation of my music. It's an obsessive character trait that's getting worse. I don't switch the light on and off 15 times before I leave the room yet, but something's going wrong.
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There have been people I've warmed to over the years but, as the situation I'm in is so fleeting and transient, I've always known it's going to be over kind of real quick.
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I've still got a twinkle in me.
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It's a two-dimensional gig being a singer, and you can get lost in your own tedium and repetition.
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You have to ask these questions: who pays the piper, and what is valuable in this life?
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The kind of vocal exaggeration that I developed was based on what key songs were in.
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