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" I don't know how much more expressive you can get than being a rock and roll singer. "
Robert Plant
Singer
Rock And Roll
Rock
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" I don't want to scream 'Immigrant Song' every night for the rest of my life, and I'm not sure I could. "
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" It's sort of a feeling of power onstage. It's really the ability to make people smile, or just to turn them one way or another for that duration of time, and for it to have some effect later on. I don't really think it's power... it's the goodness. "
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" All over the world, the idea of creating an melange of international musics, it's a very healthy thing. "
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