"I had a big affair with drugs," says Robert Plant, which probably wasn't news to anyone vaguely familiar with Led Zeppelin lore. "I just found that my whole personality had really changed, and I became quite paranoid about things and really possessive," which probably isn't news to anyone vaguely familiar with the effects of cocaine.

"I finally just stopped. I said, 'Stop! Don't do this! See what you've become!' It's a psychological addiction, it's not a physical addiction, I think." He notes that he had more recently quit cigarettes as well, but "I'm not trying to live a clean, pure life or live to be a hundred. I'll have a heart attack making love! But that's a nice way [to go]."

Finally, he wonders, "I just don't know why I took drugs for so long!" His advice for people considering drugs? "Just leave it! Throw it away. Take the money and find some chick and take her to the movies."