"So Jeff, what are you main musical influences?" Jeff (after a long pause): "Love, anger, depression, joy and dreams. ...And Zeppelin. Totally." - Jeff Buckley
"Those who influenced me were DEEP PURPLE, LED ZEPPELIN - mainly English bands of that era, but especially PURPLE and ZEPPELIN. That's what made me want to do this more and more, and more, because the first band I was in back then, ELF, were much more a kind of honky tonk rock 'n' roll band, but I always wanted to be able to play heavier music. I loved their musicianship - I thought they were the best musicians on Earth! - those were the people I really cared about when I was into this kind of music." - Ronnie James Dio
Oprah: You're obviously a Stevie (Wonder) admirer. Who else did you listen to growing up? Alicia Keys: Curtis Mayfield, Sly and the Family Stone, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald. Nirvana and Led Zeppelin.
I am really grossly offended by Led Zeppelin..." -Elvis Costello '86 (but prob. a fan of Robert's solo catalog...)