There’s a certain standard in classical music that allows the application of the term “genius,” but you’re treading on thin ice if you start applying it to rock & rollers.
JIMMY PAGEI really wasn’t needed. Just straightening up riffs, that’s all. Just two guitarists doing it instead of one.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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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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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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The only term I won’t accept is “genius.”
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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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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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The greatest satisfaction is not the decoration. It is knowing that I am able to help someone who needs help.
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I’m very fortunate because I love what I’m doing.
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I don’t deal in technique. I deal in emotions.
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I always felt if we were going in to do an album, there should already be a lot of structure already made up so we could get on with that and see what else happened.
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The way I see it, rock & roll is folk music. Street music. It isn’t taught in school. It has to be picked up.
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I guess the solo from ‘Achilles Last Stand’ is in the same tradition as the solo from ‘Stairway to Heaven’ It is on that level to me.
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I don’t go walking into things blind.
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I have a voracious appetite for all things, worldly and unworldly.
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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 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 always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn’t teach it in school.
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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.
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I’m pretty optimistic about the future of rock… it will be back to composition as in classical music or jazz.
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The key to Zeppelin’s longevity has been change.
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Seeing people’s faces, really getting off on them, makes me incredibly happy. Genuinely.
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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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I’m attracted by the unknown, but I take precautions.
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I’m at my best when I’m exhausted and under pressure.
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I think it’s time to travel, start gathering some real right-in-there experiences with street musicians around the world.
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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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This week, I’m a gypsy. Maybe next week it’ll be glitter rock.
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