Once I got a guitar that was relatively user-friendly, but not super-duper easy, I really came on as a guitarist, at that point. It helped. It was a super-expensive guitar either, but something needs to steer you a bit, if you’re playing an instrument that is really hard.
JIMMY PAGEThe term “genius” gets used far too loosely in rock & roll.
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I don’t deal in technique. I deal in emotions.
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There is far more sensitivity in acoustic guitar players than could ever be compared to any synthesizer. That’s a personal point of view but that’s the way I see it. I think that’s what it’s all about. The drive, the fire, the passion – it all comes out on the guitar.
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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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I’m still terrified of flying. I really have to get drunk to fly. I’ve found that I’ve developed fears I never had before… fears of heights, claustrophobia only in cities, though, never in the country.
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All my houses are isolated. Many is the time I just stay home alone.
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This week, I’m a gypsy. Maybe next week it’ll be glitter rock.
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I can listen to all different sorts of music. I don’t really care about The Next Big Thing.
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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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Crowley didn’t have a very high opinion of women, and I don’t think he was wrong.
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You can’t just find yourself doing something and not happy doing it.
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If you are on to something creative, school can also inhibit you. The wrong teacher, man, can really mess you up.
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I’m very fortunate because I love what I’m doing.
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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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Domesticity and all that isn’t really for me.
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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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