The idea of a hypnotic riff as the prime mover of a piece of music has been around for a long time, whether you’re talking about the Delta blues or music from Middle Eastern and African cultures.
JIMMY PAGESo many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there’s so many chances you have to take.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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I’m not a guitarist as far as a technician goes, I just pick it up and play it. Technique doesn’t come into it.
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I love playing. If it was down to just that, it would be utopia.
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I’m over 30 now, but I didn’t expect to be here.
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The element of change has been the thing, really. We put out the first one, then the second… then a third LP totally different from them. It’s the reason we were able to keep it together.
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Seeing people’s faces, really getting off on them, makes me incredibly happy. Genuinely.
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I don’t like to tell people what format they can get things in, or say, “I’m only going to release this on vinyl and nothing else. You have to come to my world.” I don’t like to say that to people either. But, I do think there’s a loss of romance.
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There’s too many good musicians around for the music around for the business to be sagging.
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Let’s just say I’m like a ship passing through storms, resting in ports now and then until it’s time to continue the journey. I once told a friend, `I’m just looking for an angel with a broken wing – one that couldn’t fly away.’
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I’m just looking for an angel with a broken wing.
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The key to Zeppelin’s longevity has been change.
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Just because you play bass, doesn’t mean you have no presence.
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I’m still searching for an angel with a broken wing. It’s not very easy to find them these days.
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I don’t care what critics and other people think.
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I’m still terrified of flying. I really have to get drunk to fly. I’ve found that I’ve developed fears I never had before… fears of heights, claustrophobia only in cities, though, never in the country.
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I really don’t like showing people how I play things; it’s a little embarrassing because it always looks so simple to me.
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Music can always be a life-changing experience, for musicians and fans, or at least life-affecting, but it depends on to what degree.
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But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn’t do it. The best compromise was to put out two CDs – Early Days – which is what it is – and Latter Days.
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I bet you can’t play slide piano.
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I do not worship the devil. But magic does intrigue me. Magic of all kinds. I bought Crowley’s house to go up and write in. The thing is, I just never get up that way. Friends live there now.
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My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall’s on `Reelin’ In The Years’.
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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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All my houses are isolated. Many is the time I just stay home alone.
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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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There’s music that can affect people in their lives, and they will always relate to the point that they heard it and experienced it, either if you’re playing it or you’re receptive, as an audience.
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I don’t like being stuck in one situation, day to day.
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I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.
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