I really don’t like showing people how I play things; it’s a little embarrassing because it always looks so simple to me.
JIMMY PAGEI may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I’m doing.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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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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There are very few people I can call real, close friends. They’re very, very precious to me.
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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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I don’t deal in technique. I deal in emotions.
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This week, I’m a gypsy. Maybe next week it’ll be glitter rock.
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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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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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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 don’t feel I have to top myself at all.
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You don’t find geniuses in street musicians, but that doesn’t mean to say you can’t be really good.
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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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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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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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I’m at my best when I’m exhausted and under pressure.
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The only term I won’t accept is “genius.”
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