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.
JIMMY PAGEI can tell how far I ought to be going, I know how to get there, all I’ve got to do is keep playing.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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A lot of people can’t be on their own. They get frightened. Isolation doesn’t bother me at all. It gives me a sense of security.
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You absorb so much from whatever your environment is, as an artist, and you learn to take from it what can help you create.
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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 know where I’m going musically. I can see my pattern and I’m going much slower than I thought I’d be going.
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There is far more sensitivity in acoustic guitar players than could ever be compared to any synthesizer. That’s a personal point of view but that’s the way I see it. I think that’s what it’s all about. The drive, the fire, the passion – it all comes out on the guitar.
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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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Once I get onstage the tension explodes and I’m fine. I’m in another world – in a trance almost, doing what I love best, expressing myself through guitar.
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The key to Zeppelin’s longevity has been change.
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I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I’m doing.
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I’m not interested in turning anybody on to anybody that I’m turned on to… if people want to find things, they find them themselves.
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So far I’ve been very, very fortunate because it appears that people like to hear the music I like to play. What more fortunate position can a musician be in?
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So many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there’s so many chances you have to take.
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Domesticity and all that isn’t really for me.
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Once I got a guitar that was relatively user-friendly, but not super-duper easy, I really came on as a guitarist, at that point. It helped. It was a super-expensive guitar either, but something needs to steer you a bit, if you’re playing an instrument that is really hard.
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Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was – there’s no doubt about it. There’s never been anybody since. He’s one of the greatest drummers that ever lived.
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