You absorb so much from whatever your environment is, as an artist, and you learn to take from it what can help you create.
JIMMY PAGEThere’s always music that moves me. It doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s within the parenthesis of rock or blues, or whatever. It’s usually far more reaching than that. It can be in many different genres.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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When I went over to the States to promote Outrider, everyone was telling me I was a blues guitarist. I’m not a bloody blues guitarist. I’m a guitarist.
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When you hear the melodic structures of what classical musicians put together and you compare it to that of a rock & roll record, there’s a hell of a long way rock & roll has to go.
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The only term I won’t accept is “genius.”
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I can tell how far I ought to be going, I know how to get there, all I’ve got to do is keep playing.
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From the classical guitar right through to the furthest electrical experiments and everything in-between, it’s amazing what the guitar can actually do. I mean, when one thinks about sounds.
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There are very few people I can call real, close friends. They’re very, very precious to me.
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I do really believe that all guitarists have a different character that comes through, that’s a strong character, the stronger the person is.
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I can listen to all different sorts of music. I don’t really care about The Next Big Thing.
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I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.
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I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.
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I can only listen to what I’m working on, at the time. I can’t listen to anything else because I don’t want to copy it.
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I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn’t teach it in school.
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I spend a lot of time near water.
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I don’t know whether I’ll reach 40. I don’t know whether I’ll reach 35. I can’t be sure about that. I am bloody serious. I am very, very serious. I didn’t think I’d make 30.
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Live Aid did feel like one hour’s rehearsal after several years, but to be part of Live Aid was wonderful. It reall was.
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