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 PAGEMy guitar style was developed during that 10-year period. That’s me. That’s the way I play, and I don’t wish to play any other way. Our own individual identities are firmly stamped on this album.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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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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There’s such a wealth of arts and styles within the guitar… flamenco, jazz, rock, blues. You name it, it’s there. In the early days my dream was to fuse all those styles. Now composing has become just as important.
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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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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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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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The key to Zeppelin’s longevity has been change.
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You can’t just find yourself doing something and not happy doing it.
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I don’t care what critics and other people think.
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The idea of a hypnotic riff as the prime mover of a piece of music has been around for a long time, whether you’re talking about the Delta blues or music from Middle Eastern and African cultures.
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The only term I won’t accept is “genius.”
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I know where I’m going musically. I can see my pattern and I’m going much slower than I thought I’d be going.
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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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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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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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The term “genius” gets used far too loosely in rock & roll.
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