I think I realized what Led Zeppelin really was about around the end of our very first American tour. We started off not even on the bill in Denver, and by the time we got to New York City we were second to Iron Butterfly and they didn�t want to go on! And I just started getting this little light. . . glowing inside, and I began wiggling me hips and realizing that it was all a fantastic trip, y�know? I�m not even really sure what it is that I�ve got to do, but I�m doing it. . . I guess it is magic in a way and I�m just glad that I possess it. 1 suppose I didn�t always possess it — possibly it was rough and raw, but it was always there. I�d always give everything I have to give,� said Robert Plant as he let the sun beat down on his body at poolside, the Royal Orleans Hotel, New Orleans.

�As far as I�m concerned,� he continued, �we don�t need no gimmicks. We are us, and there�s nobody else who�s us.�