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.
JIMMY PAGEI’m still terrified of flying. I really have to get drunk to fly. I’ve found that I’ve developed fears I never had before… fears of heights, claustrophobia only in cities, though, never in the country.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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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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I don’t go walking into things blind.
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There are very few people I can call real, close friends. They’re very, very precious to me.
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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.
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The only term I won’t accept is “genius.”
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I’ve never regretted anything I’ve ever done.
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The term “genius” gets used far too loosely in rock & roll.
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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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Every record is a portrait of the band at that time.
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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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Sometimes, I must admit, I’d like to have a second guitarist onstage with me, but it wouldn’t look right. I’d like to play for another 20 years, but I don’t know. I just can’t see it happening. I don’t know why. It’s a certain foreboding. A funny feeling. Vultures.
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The greatest satisfaction is not the decoration. It is knowing that I am able to help someone who needs help.
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I think it’s time to travel, start gathering some real right-in-there experiences with street musicians around the world.
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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 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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