As for the lyrics [for 'Stairway to Heaven' of Led Zeppelin's fourth album], written entirely by Plant, 'Jimmy and I just sat by the fire, it was a remarkable setting,' he recalled years later. 'I was holding a pencil and paper, and for some reason I was in a very bad mood. Then all of a sudden my hand was writing out the words, "There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold/And she's buying a stairway to heaven . . ." I just sat there and looked at the words and then I almost leapt out of my seat.' [...]
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More words would come the following day as the band worked their way bit by bit through the song's epic journey. [...] Page recalled how, 'As we were doing all that, Robert was writing down the lyrics. They just came to him really quickly. He said it was like someone was guiding his hand.'
Wall, Mick, When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led-Zeppelin, London: Orion Books, 2008, pp. 242-243.
He [Robert Plant] often remarked that he could feel his pen being pushed by some higher authority.
Davis, Stephen, Hammer of the Gods: the Led Zeppelin Saga, New York: Berkley Boulevard Books, 1997, p. 243.
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Davis, Stephen, Hammer of the Gods: the Led Zeppelin Saga, New York: Harper Entertainment, 2008, p. 243.
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Davis, Stephen, Hammer of the Gods: the Led Zeppelin Saga, New York: Harper Entertainment, 2008, p. 243.
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