The key to Zeppelin’s longevity has been change.
JIMMY PAGEWhen 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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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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I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn’t teach it in school.
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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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I will still carry on changing all the time.
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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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Seeing people’s faces, really getting off on them, makes me incredibly happy. Genuinely.
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I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.
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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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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 don’t feel I have to top myself at all.
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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.
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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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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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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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There’s too many good musicians around for the music around for the business to be sagging.
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