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.
JIMMY PAGEThe key to Zeppelin’s longevity has been change.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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There’s always music that moves me. It doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s within the parenthesis of rock or blues, or whatever. It’s usually far more reaching than that. It can be in many different genres.
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From the classical guitar right through to the furthest electrical experiments and everything in-between, it’s amazing what the guitar can actually do. I mean, when one thinks about sounds.
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I don’t know whether I’ll reach 40. I don’t know whether I’ll reach 35. I can’t be sure about that. I am bloody serious. I am very, very serious. I didn’t think I’d make 30.
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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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I can listen to all different sorts of music. I don’t really care about The Next Big Thing.
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I will still carry on changing all the time.
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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 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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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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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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You don’t find geniuses in street musicians, but that doesn’t mean to say you can’t be really good.
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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.
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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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You can’t buy time. Everything, for me, seems to be a race against time. Especially musically.
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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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