I’m attracted by the unknown, but I take precautions.
JIMMY PAGEI’m attracted by the unknown, but I take precautions.
JIMMY PAGEI can listen to all different sorts of music. I don’t really care about The Next Big Thing.
JIMMY PAGEOnce 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.
JIMMY PAGEThe key to Zeppelin’s longevity has been change.
JIMMY PAGEBut 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.
JIMMY PAGEWhen 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.
JIMMY PAGEI like change and I like contrast.
JIMMY PAGEAlmost 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.
JIMMY PAGEA 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.
JIMMY PAGEThis week, I’m a gypsy. Maybe next week it’ll be glitter rock.
JIMMY PAGEOnce 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.
JIMMY PAGEYou absorb so much from whatever your environment is, as an artist, and you learn to take from it what can help you create.
JIMMY PAGEMusic can always be a life-changing experience, for musicians and fans, or at least life-affecting, but it depends on to what degree.
JIMMY PAGEMy guitar style was developed during that 10-year period. That’s me. That’s the way I play, and I don’t wish to play any other way. Our own individual identities are firmly stamped on this album.
JIMMY PAGEI don’t feel I have to top myself at all.
JIMMY PAGEI’ve never regretted anything I’ve ever done.
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