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There is far more sensitivity in acoustic guitar players than could ever be compared to any synthesizer. That’s a personal point of view but that’s the way I see it. I think that’s what it’s all about. The drive, the fire, the passion – it all comes out on the guitar.

Jimmy Page

I always felt if we were going in to do an album, there should already be a lot of structure already made up so we could get on with that and see what else happened.
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Album Feeling Myself Structure
My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall’s on `Reelin’ In The Years’.
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Guitar Music Myself
I deal in emotions. It’s the harmonic side that’s important. That’s the side I expected to be much further along on than I am now. That just means to say that I’ve got to keep at it.
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Deal Emotion Expectation Further Important Myself Side
Every record is a portrait of the band at that time.
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Band Photograph Portrait Record Time
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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Music Myself School See Teaching
A 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.
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Alone Fright People Security
When I went over to the States to promote Outrider, everyone was telling me I was a blues guitarist. I’m not a bloody blues guitarist. I’m a guitarist.
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Guitarist Identity Myself Personality Reputation
The greatest satisfaction is not the decoration. It is knowing that I am able to help someone who needs help.
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Decoration Greatness Help Myself Need Satisfaction
So many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there’s so many chances you have to take.
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Chance Inspirational Life People Yourself
I like change and I like contrast.
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Change Myself Preference
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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Application Genius Music Standard Start Yourself
Domesticity and all that isn’t really for me.
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Domestic Myself
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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Affect Audience Live Music People Point Relate Yourself
I bet you can’t play slide piano.
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Instrument Myself Play Slide
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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Album Development Guitar Identity Myself Play Style
Live Aid did feel like one hour’s rehearsal after several years, but to be part of Live Aid was wonderful. It reall was.
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Myself Practice Time Wonderful

There is far more sensitivity in acoustic guitar players than could ever be compared to any synthesizer. That’s a personal point of view but that’s the way I see it. I think that’s what it’s all about. The drive, the fire, the passion – it all comes out on the guitar.

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There is far more sensitivity in acoustic guitar players than could ever be compared to any synthesizer. That’s a personal point of view but that’s the way I see it. I think that’s what it’s all about. The drive, the fire, the passion – it all comes out on the guitar.

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