I'm just lucky because my kids are grown-up - I love them, very proud of them, and we are in close contact as big-time friends, but they don't need me that much now and I can actually enjoy this wonderful world of music.

Karac was 5 years old. So I had him down to my place for a little while just to sort of check him out and we got along great. Freddie Mercury of Queen and Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses were also influenced by Plant.

Best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin he also had a successful solo career. With a career spanning more than 40 years Plant is regarded as one of the most significant singers in the history of rock music and has influenced contemporaries and later singers such as Freddie Mercury Axl Rose and Chris Cornell.