The blues appealed to me, but so did rock. The early rockabilly guitarists like Cliff Gallup and Scotty Moore were just as important to me as the blues guitarists.
JIMMY PAGEI’m just looking for an angel with a broken wing.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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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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When you hear the melodic structures of what classical musicians put together and you compare it to that of a rock & roll record, there’s a hell of a long way rock & roll has to go.
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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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Domesticity and all that isn’t really for me.
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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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Let’s just say I’m like a ship passing through storms, resting in ports now and then until it’s time to continue the journey. I once told a friend, `I’m just looking for an angel with a broken wing – one that couldn’t fly away.’
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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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I like change and I like contrast.
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If you’re working at the factory and you’re cursing every day that you get up, at all costs get out of it. You’ll just make yourself ill.
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I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I’m doing.
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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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The greatest satisfaction is not the decoration. It is knowing that I am able to help someone who needs help.
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I’m over 30 now, but I didn’t expect to be here.
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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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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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