I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn’t teach it in school.
JIMMY PAGESo many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there’s so many chances you have to take.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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When 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.
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My vocation is more in composition really than anything else – building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army.
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The key to Zeppelin’s longevity has been change.
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I like change and I like contrast.
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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 don’t deal in technique. I deal in emotions.
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I do not worship the devil. But magic does intrigue me. Magic of all kinds. I bought Crowley’s house to go up and write in. The thing is, I just never get up that way. Friends live there now.
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I guess the solo from ‘Achilles Last Stand’ is in the same tradition as the solo from ‘Stairway to Heaven’ It is on that level to me.
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The term “genius” gets used far too loosely in rock & roll.
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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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Seeing people’s faces, really getting off on them, makes me incredibly happy. Genuinely.
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All my houses are isolated. Many is the time I just stay home alone.
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My 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.
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The way I see it, rock & roll is folk music. Street music. It isn’t taught in school. It has to be picked up.
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I’m attracted by the unknown, but I take precautions.
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