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Robert Plant Says He No Longer Wants to Be a 'Big Deal'

The 77-year-old favors low-stress collaboration with acoustic outfit Saving Grace.

Overview

  • Plant says he lacks the ambition for large-scale status and will only take on projects he feels are truly worth doing.
  • He describes Saving Grace as a no-stress, informal collaboration that began without big announcements.
  • He reflects on fronting Led Zeppelin as overwhelming, saying fear often outweighed ego and there was nowhere to hide.
  • He recalls the difficulty of going solo after John Bonham’s 1980 death, expecting comparisons to Jimmy Page and the original lineup.
  • With Saving Grace and singer Suzi Dian, he reworks material with nods to his past and recently guested on Paul Weller’s Clive’s Song.