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.
JIMMY PAGEThere are very few people I can call real, close friends. They’re very, very precious to me.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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I spend a lot of time near water.
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You absorb so much from whatever your environment is, as an artist, and you learn to take from it what can help you create.
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I’m very fortunate because I love what I’m doing.
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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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I don’t feel I have to top myself at all.
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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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Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.
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Just because you play bass, doesn’t mean you have no presence.
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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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