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 PAGEMusic can always be a life-changing experience, for musicians and fans, or at least life-affecting, but it depends on to what degree.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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I like change and I like contrast.
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Seeing people’s faces, really getting off on them, makes me incredibly happy. Genuinely.
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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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I’m very fortunate because I love what I’m doing.
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I really don’t like showing people how I play things; it’s a little embarrassing because it always looks so simple to me.
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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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I spend a lot of time near water.
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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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All my houses are isolated. Many is the time I just stay home alone.
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I don’t like being stuck in one situation, day to day.
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I don’t care what critics and other people think.
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There’s such a wealth of arts and styles within the guitar… flamenco, jazz, rock, blues. You name it, it’s there. In the early days my dream was to fuse all those styles. Now composing has become just as important.
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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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You can’t buy time. Everything, for me, seems to be a race against time. Especially musically.
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I played guitar all my life, all the way through the Yardbirds, but I knew that for me this was going to be a guitar vehicle, because that’s what I wanted it to be.
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