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.
JIMMY PAGEAlmost 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.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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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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Every musician wants to do something which will hold up for a long time, and I guess we did it with ‘Stairway to Heaven.’
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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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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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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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The only term I won’t accept is “genius.”
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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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I like change and I like contrast.
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The term “genius” gets used far too loosely in rock & roll.
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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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Just because you play bass, doesn’t mean you have no presence.
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Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.
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I’m very fortunate because I love what I’m doing.
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I will still carry on changing all the time.
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The gut-strung guitar, the classical guitar, that is a whole different world on its own. When you think what the guitar can do and what every individual player does with a guitar, everyone has their own identity coming through the guitar.
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