I was young - I was 20 years old. Now I have the gift of perspective and I feel pretty good about it.

The whole idea of music, from the beginning of time, was for people to be happy

All I can say is that it's amazing what you can accomplish when you're young and foolish.

I think that passion and love and pain are all bearable, and they go to make love beautiful.

Kashmir is my last resort. I think, if I truly deserve it one day, I should go there and stay there for quite a while. Or if I really need it at any point, it should be my haven, my Shangri-la.

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.

Music is for every single person that walks the planet.

Don't be hard on yourself. And take as many chances, risks, as you can.

You have nothing. One should never allow themselves to think that they have, one can just touch - to have is to lack appreciation, to touch is to want to touch again.

As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls.

('Stairway to Heaven' is) a nice pleasant, well-meaning naive little song, very English. It's not the definitive Led Zeppelin song. 'Kashmir' is.

God did not give us the gospel to convince humanity

Ben walks in the room and asks, “What were you guys doing?” Nikki says “Nothing” at the same time I say, “Your sister and I were just makin’ out.

How can U fairly assess someone from the outside looking in ... majority of the times you will be wrong.

Live every day as if you've come back in time from a dystopian future to try and prevent everything from breaking.

Do not determine to change your life eventually. If you have decided to change your life, it is already changing.

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.

Generous gestures yield the most when that isn't their purpose.

There is nothing wrong with loving the crap out of everything. Negative people find their walls. So never apologize for your enthusiasm. Never. Ever. Never.

It's really cool what you can do with a guitar and a Fender Twin and a space echo.

Now all politicians assume a necessity of control, the more efficient the control the better.