I think it’s time to travel, start gathering some real right-in-there experiences with street musicians around the world.
JIMMY PAGEI don’t like being stuck in one situation, day to day.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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I played guitar all my life, all the way through the Yardbirds, but I knew that for me this was going to be a guitar vehicle, because that’s what I wanted it to be.
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But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn’t do it. The best compromise was to put out two CDs – Early Days – which is what it is – and Latter Days.
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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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You absorb so much from whatever your environment is, as an artist, and you learn to take from it what can help you create.
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I’m attracted by the unknown, but I take precautions.
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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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Once I get onstage the tension explodes and I’m fine. I’m in another world – in a trance almost, doing what I love best, expressing myself through guitar.
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I’m at my best when I’m exhausted and under pressure.
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I can only listen to what I’m working on, at the time. I can’t listen to anything else because I don’t want to copy it.
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Everything that came later… the roots are all there in the first album.
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I don’t care what critics and other people think.
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All my houses are isolated. Many is the time I just stay home alone.
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There’s such a wealth of arts and styles within the guitar… flamenco, jazz, rock, blues. You name it, it’s there. In the early days my dream was to fuse all those styles. Now composing has become just as important.
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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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I will still carry on changing all the time.
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