Richard Marx Quotes

I realized what Led Zeppelin was about around the end of our first U.S. tour. We started off not even on the bill in Denver, and by the time we got to New York we were second to Iron Butterfly, and they didn't want to go on!

I was something of a prankster. One time I put a ski mask on my head and used a fake gun on the school secretary so that I could get some of my friends out of detention.

When my father began playing for Led Zeppelin our family was living in a 14-foot trailer.

Led Zeppelin is the greatest. Robert Plant is one of the most original vocalists of our time. As a rock band they deserve the kind of success they're getting.

Robert Plant was always my favorite singer-and hes said nice things about me, you know.

I had a blast doing the Warped Tour, but it's good to be home, for sure.

I haven't travelled that much before so this is the first time I get to see the big cities of Europe. I've never even been to US.

Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman.

I watched Janis one time - we opened for her - and that's the only time I ever saw her. We opened for Jimi Hendrix. I got to stand on the side of the stage and watch him for two hours and then he died. But I got the essence before they left.

I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing.

I have a great time touring.

Every job has its downside. For example, being in a band; the travel part of it - getting picked up from your house in a car, going to the airport, getting on a plane, going from the airplane to a van, then going from the van to a hotel.

I spent a lot of time lifting my drums into a van, playing to ten people night after night. I can't complain about anything now. That stuff was heavy.

For my band's debut tour in 2011, we road-tripped across the country in a 15-passenger van. It was the first time I'd left Alabama. I drove through scenery I'd only ever seen in calendars: auburn leaves falling in Vermont, the sun setting over purple mountains in Arizona. It was incredible.

I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night.

Wherever there are rock 'n' rollers, we'll play. That's what we've been doing for more than 30 years - rock 'n' roll. It's made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang.

I am very friendly with lots of people in rock'n'roll, because I spent so much time with them over the years through Mick's work.

I think Robert Plant is the quintessential frontman - just the way he moves. His voice is superhuman.

I'm a rock and roll singer.

One time when somebody showed up in a wedding dress, but I never knew if it was a joke, or she was serious. She asked me to marry her. She was serious. It was pretty funny.

I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm on the road where I am supposed to be. I will be where I'm supposed to be at nighttime, on stage, in front of people, doing my thing.

I don't think drums had ever sounded so big until Led Zeppelin's first album.

I've spiked a toilet seat before, a gallon of milk, even eggs. If you say it, I've probably spiked it before.

From meeting Robert Plant, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones, teaming up, rehearsing, playing selected gigs outside of Britain, coming back into Olympic Studios to record the first album, and then going to America, which we crack open like a nut with the debut record - all that happened, literally, within months.

I really don't listen to Led Zeppelin that much.