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When I think of sex symbols, I think of posters my two sisters had on their bedroom walls.

Led Zeppelin was an affair of the heart. Each of the members was important to the sum total of what we were.

The thing about Led Zeppelin was that it was always four musicians at the top of their game, but they could play like a band.

My room used to be full of Michael Jackson posters.

We had incense and rock'n'roll posters, and we sold records and rolling papers. People could just, like, hang out. We had a cool vibe going.

I never had posters on my walls, and I didn't have any icons, either. I come from a small village in Wirral, and my family didn't watch TV. I wasn't exposed to people with icon status. David Bowie popped up, but I had already shaved my eyebrows off by the time I saw his.

When I was little and I was introduced to Led Zeppelin, I didn't know what a zeppelin was or who Zeppelin was or what the machine was. The real meaning is whatever feelings and memories you attach to the music.

My childhood bedroom had wallpaper that was printed with clouds and rainbows.

In the Led Zeppelin shows of the Sixties and Seventies, it was the same numbers every night, but they were constantly in a state of flux. If I played something good, really substantial, I'd stick it in again.

Once we decided to do a tower in New York, it had to say something about our group, reflecting the mix of modernity and creativity in our organization. It's a symbol.