Robert Plant Remembers His Time Playing For Led Zeppelin

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: I want to ask you another question about Led Zeppelin, Robert, because you have said, I listen to that old stuff now and the energy is magnificent, but I don’t really know the guy who’s singing. I’ve heard a lot about him but don’t know what the hell his game was. Since so many people know you because of Led Zeppelin, what do you mean about that now in retrospect?

ROBERT PLANT, MUSICIAN: I don’t know. I just don’t know. You know, we were just sort of — the magnificent collision of the four of us in Led Zeppelin was, you know, unparalleled, something I couldn’t have ever imagined, rather like this is a totally different way. And so, it was great. But I was taking in new things every minute. Things I didn’t know, I couldn’t master the gift, the art of whatever it was, and I don’t think I have now. That’s why I keep jumping from, you know, lily pad to lily pad, if you like, to see how much I can actually move through the steers. But Zeppelin was — I was a kid. It was all over when I was 32. And probably all over a bit before that in truth. So, I was a different guy. You know, I was a young parent. I was still able to play soccer on a Sunday morning in Worcestershire soccer league. Couldn’t do that now. So, I was moving to a different tempo and the sound of a different drum, really.

AMANPOUR: I would like to end by — I mean, I’ve read it and I’m sure you guys have told it many times, but it’s a hilarious anecdote. The 2009 Grammy awards where you hoovered up five Grammys to the surprise of anybody including Album of the Year, both of you have a very funny story. Alison, I understand you were grappling with, I’m sorry to say, undergarments. Is that correct?

ALISON KRAUSS, MUSICIAN: Oh, I’m in a constant state of doing that, yes. So, that would be exactly what was happening at that time, yes. It’s a constant grappling. Yes, that would have been true. And Robert, he goes, hey, you’re going to have to stop making that face. You remember that? You’re like, stop it. Hey. I’m like, oh, yes.