--- title: "10 Trying Quotes By Robert Plant" description: "10 Trying quotes by Robert Plant. Plus more from Robert Plant and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/robert-plant-1715_change_i-have-to-try-and-change-the-landscape-w_1757326.jpg" --- > [I have to try and change the landscape, whatever it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/i-have-to-try-and-change-the-landscape-whatever-it-is/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/robert-plant-1715_change_i-have-to-try-and-change-the-landscape-w_1757326.jpg) > [We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal. Does anybody remember laughter?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/we-are-trying-to-communicate-a-fulfilled-ideal-does-anybody-remember/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/robert-plant-1715_communicate_we-are-trying-to-communicate-a-fulfilled_1629671.jpg) > [I've lived a life which has been pretty much full up with ambition, ideas, stimulus, creativity, some negativity which I try and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/i-ve-lived-a-life-which-has-been-pretty-much-full-up-with-ambition/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/robert-plant-1715_ambition_i-ve-lived-a-life-which-has-been-pretty_231011.jpg) > [I was competing for attention in a four-piece band that was phenomenal, and I was trying to attack the blues from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/i-was-competing-for-attention-in-a-four-piece-band-that-was/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/robert-plant-1715_attention_i-was-competing-for-attention-in-a-four_1647889.jpg) > [I use the music almost as a compass in some kind of quasi-romantic way. I try and go to places that I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/i-use-the-music-almost-as-a-compass-in-some-kind-of-quasi-romantic/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dc/robert-plant-1715_compass_i-use-the-music-almost-as-a-compass-in-s_2220416.jpg) > [I'm not trying to be cosmic, it's just that everything's on a roll and that's how it is. The songs within the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/i-m-not-trying-to-be-cosmic-it-s-just-that-everything-s-on-a-roll-and/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/robert-plant-1715_albums_i-m-not-trying-to-be-cosmic-it-s-just-th_1578733.jpg) > [I couldn't imagine anything more horrifying than three middle aged men trying to pretend that 'Black Dog' is still significant. It's inappropriate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/i-couldn-t-imagine-anything-more-horrifying-than-three-middle-aged/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/robert-plant-1715_black_i-couldn-t-imagine-anything-more-horrify_2990545.jpg) > [The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/the-essence-of-my-lyrics-is-the-desire-for-peace-and-harmony-that-s/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/310/robert-plant-1715_communicate_the-essence-of-my-lyrics-is-the-desire-f_1219168.jpg) > [Well, when I was a kid I used to hide behind the curtains at home at Christmas and I used to try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/well-when-i-was-a-kid-i-used-to-hide-behind-the-curtains-at-home-at/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/robert-plant-1715_ambience_well-when-i-was-a-kid-i-used-to-hide-beh_121319.jpg) > [I come from a very small island which is packed with people. I mean, jam-packed with people. I've lived a life which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/i-come-from-a-very-small-island-which-is-packed-with-people-i-mean/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/robert-plant-1715_ambition_i-come-from-a-very-small-island-which-is_156612.jpg) ## Other authors on Trying ## More by Robert Plant > [I think I'm prone to panic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/i-think-i-m-prone-to-panic/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [Since I was a kid, I've had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties, Chicago blues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/since-i-was-a-kid-i-ve-had-an-absolute-obsession-with-particular/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/as-we-wind-on-down-the-road-our-shadows-taller-than-our-souls/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [To rock isn't necessarily to cavort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/to-rock-isn-t-necessarily-to-cavort/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [When I was a kid, the world was such a big place, and I had no idea that I would be afforded these great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/when-i-was-a-kid-the-world-was-such-a-big-place-and-i-had-no-idea/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [There's a similarity between European and North African folk musics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/there-s-a-similarity-between-european-and-north-african-folk-musics/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [“Somone Told me there is a girl out there, with love in her eyes, and flowers in her hair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/somone-told-me-there-is-a-girl-out-there-with-love-in-her-eyes-and/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [The States were much more fun. L.A. was L.A. It's not L.A. now. L.A. infested with jaded 12-year-olds is not the L.A. that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/the-states-were-much-more-fun-l-a-was-l-a-it-s-not-l-a-now-l-a/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [The music beckons to those who are listening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/the-music-beckons-to-those-who-are-listening/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [Well, when I was a kid I used to hide behind the curtains at home at Christmas and I used to try and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/well-when-i-was-a-kid-i-used-to-hide-behind-the-curtains-at-home-at/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/it-s-not-some-great-work-of-beauty-and-love-to-be-a-rock-and-roll/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [Six months go by very quickly when you're a genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/six-months-go-by-very-quickly-when-you-re-a-genius/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [What I lack in style and craft, I can make up for in joy and enthusiasm. I like to be around people who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/what-i-lack-in-style-and-craft-i-can-make-up-for-in-joy-and/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [I still like to get carried away - but passively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/i-still-like-to-get-carried-away-but-passively/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [I come from a very small island which is packed with people. I mean, jam-packed with people. I've lived a life which has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/i-come-from-a-very-small-island-which-is-packed-with-people-i-mean/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trying/robert-plant/#itemlist", "name": "10 Trying Quotes By Robert Plant", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have to try and change the landscape, whatever it is.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Plant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/i-have-to-try-and-change-the-landscape-whatever-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/robert-plant-1715_change_i-have-to-try-and-change-the-landscape-w_1757326.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/robert-plant-1715_change_i-have-to-try-and-change-the-landscape-w_1757326.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/robert-plant-1715_change_i-have-to-try-and-change-the-landscape-w_1757326.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have to try and change the landscape, whatever it is.” — Robert Plant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal. 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