I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.
JIMMY PAGEYou don’t find geniuses in street musicians, but that doesn’t mean to say you can’t be really good.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I’m doing.
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All my houses are isolated. Many is the time I just stay home alone.
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My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall’s on `Reelin’ In The Years’.
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Music can always be a life-changing experience, for musicians and fans, or at least life-affecting, but it depends on to what degree.
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I’m at my best when I’m exhausted and under pressure.
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There’s so much that can be done on the guitar. And that’s what is so good about the guitar – everyone can really enjoy themselves on it and have a good time, which is what it’s all about.
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Every record is a portrait of the band at that time.
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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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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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I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.
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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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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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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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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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Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was – there’s no doubt about it. There’s never been anybody since. He’s one of the greatest drummers that ever lived.
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