I don’t feel I have to top myself at all.
JIMMY PAGEThe blues appealed to me, but so did rock. The early rockabilly guitarists like Cliff Gallup and Scotty Moore were just as important to me as the blues guitarists.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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Everything that came later… the roots are all there in the first album.
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The term “genius” gets used far too loosely in rock & roll.
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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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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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I will still carry on changing all the time.
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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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If you are on to something creative, school can also inhibit you. The wrong teacher, man, can really mess you up.
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I like change and I like contrast.
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The only term I won’t accept is “genius.”
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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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There’s so much that can be done on the guitar. And that’s what is so good about the guitar – everyone can really enjoy themselves on it and have a good time, which is what it’s all about.
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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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Crowley didn’t have a very high opinion of women, and I don’t think he was wrong.
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Sometimes, I must admit, I’d like to have a second guitarist onstage with me, but it wouldn’t look right. I’d like to play for another 20 years, but I don’t know. I just can’t see it happening. I don’t know why. It’s a certain foreboding. A funny feeling. Vultures.
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You can’t just find yourself doing something and not happy doing it.
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