Robert Plant
Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant, CBEis an English musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin. A powerful and wide vocal rangehave given him a successful solo career spanning over 40 years. Plant is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock and roll; he has influenced fellow rock singers such as Freddie Mercury, Axl Rose and Chris Cornell. In 2006, Heavy Metal magazine Hit Parader named Plant...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth20 August 1948
CityWest Bromwich, England
The calendar and the mirror - they're bastards.
I owe everything to the musicians I work with.
I treat everywhere as being a center from which I can enjoy the surroundings.
When you're singing we all phrase each other in the most remarkable ways. I might hit some sort of thing I've never done before - some vocal pattern. Bonzo will pick it up - he'll phrase with me instantly and then Pagey may join in or start some other phrase - it's like a quadrant.
Finding another way to do what I know I can do pretty well. A way that stimulates me. I'm always on some sort of learning curve. If I can continually be surprised then I'm alert.
The music beckons to those who are listening.
Theatres are built because they were the boards for entertainment.
Led Zeppelin has been there through three generations of teenage angst. And there's a generation of kids now who won't know it, post-Linkin Park.
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 How could it become outdated?...We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal...I am a reflection of what I sing.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.
There's no point stepping up to the golden platform if you're going to repeat yourself.
There are always generic terms like 'Americana', but there are no boundaries as to where it can go.
It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer.
I am a reflection of what I sing. Sometimes I have to get serious because the things Ive been through are serious.
I've been scared and I've liked not hanging on to stuff where I know that I'm in my comfort zone.