So far I’ve been very, very fortunate because it appears that people like to hear the music I like to play. What more fortunate position can a musician be in?
JIMMY PAGEI like change and I like contrast.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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Right from the first time we went to America in 1968, Led Zeppelin was a word-of-mouth thing. You can’t really compare it to how it is today.
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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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Seeing people’s faces, really getting off on them, makes me incredibly happy. Genuinely.
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I don’t like being stuck in one situation, day to day.
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My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall’s on `Reelin’ In The Years’.
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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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All my houses are isolated. Many is the time I just stay home alone.
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If you are on to something creative, school can also inhibit you. The wrong teacher, man, can really mess you up.
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I’m attracted by the unknown, but I take precautions.
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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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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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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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I’m at my best when I’m exhausted and under pressure.
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Let’s just say I’m like a ship passing through storms, resting in ports now and then until it’s time to continue the journey. I once told a friend, `I’m just looking for an angel with a broken wing – one that couldn’t fly away.’
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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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