I Bet You Can't Play

There Was No Working Title For The Album. The Record-jacket Designer Said `when I Think Of The Group, I Always Think Of Power And Force. There's A Definite Presence There.' That Was It. He Wanted To Call It `obelisk'. To Me, It Was More Important What Was Behind The Obelisk. The Cover Is Very Tongue-in-cheek, To Be Quite Honest. Sort Of A Joke On 2001. I Think It's Quite Amusing.

There's So Many Different Styles And Facets Of The 360-degree Musical Sphere To Listen To. From Tribal To Classical Music, It's All There. If The Bottom Was To Sag Out Of That, For God's Sake, Help Us All.

We Went In And Recorded Exactly Where We Were At That Point In Time. I Think Because Of The Quality Of Musicianship Of The Band Has Given It The Longevity. I Thought The Music Would Endure, I Didn't Think I Would ... I Always Thought I'd Be Dead By 30, Then Dead By 40 And On And On. Now I'm 55 So I Didn't Even Die At 50.

I Do Really Believe That All Guitarists Have A Different Character That Comes Through, That's A Strong Character, The Stronger The Person Is.

There Will Be A Led Zeppelin As Long As There's A Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones And Robert Plant. This Isn't A Nostalgia Band Playing The Hits Forever. If Anything Ever Happened And Somebody Left - Which I Really Can't See Happening - I Don't Think We'd Bother To Carry On. The Magic For Me Is As It Is Now.