I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.
JIMMY PAGEI 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.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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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 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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So far I’ve been very, very fortunate because it appears that people like to hear the music I like to play. What more fortunate position can a musician be in?
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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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Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.
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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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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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Everything that came later… the roots are all there in the first album.
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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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There’s too many good musicians around for the music around for the business to be sagging.
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I do really believe that all guitarists have a different character that comes through, that’s a strong character, the stronger the person is.
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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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I think it’s time to travel, start gathering some real right-in-there experiences with street musicians around the world.
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I deal in emotions. It’s the harmonic side that’s important. That’s the side I expected to be much further along on than I am now. That just means to say that I’ve got to keep at it.
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I’m attracted by the unknown, but I take precautions.
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