I am a reflection of what I sing. Sometimes I have to get serious because the things I've been through are serious.

My dad played fiddle as well.

I can't moan about any of it. I had a great time in the goldfish bowl.

The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.

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

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.