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.
JIMMY PAGEI may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I’m doing.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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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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You can’t just find yourself doing something and not happy doing it.
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I guess the solo from ‘Achilles Last Stand’ is in the same tradition as the solo from ‘Stairway to Heaven’ It is on that level to me.
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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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I’m still searching for an angel with a broken wing. It’s not very easy to find them these days.
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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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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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I do not worship the devil. But magic does intrigue me. Magic of all kinds. I bought Crowley’s house to go up and write in. The thing is, I just never get up that way. Friends live there now.
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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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You can’t overthink the music. Mood and intensity can’t be manufactured. The blues isn’t about structure; it’s what you bring to it. The spontaneity of capturing a specific moment is what drives it.
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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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So many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there’s so many chances you have to take.
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I really don’t like showing people how I play things; it’s a little embarrassing because it always looks so simple to me.
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I’m pretty optimistic about the future of rock… it will be back to composition as in classical music or jazz.
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I’m not a guitarist as far as a technician goes, I just pick it up and play it. Technique doesn’t come into it.
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