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.
JIMMY PAGEI’m not interested in turning anybody on to anybody that I’m turned on to… if people want to find things, they find them themselves.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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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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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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My 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.
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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.
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I bet you can’t play slide piano.
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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 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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Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.
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You don’t find geniuses in street musicians, but that doesn’t mean to say you can’t be really good.
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I’m not interested in turning anybody on to anybody that I’m turned on to… if people want to find things, they find them themselves.
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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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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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I’m just looking for an angel with a broken wing.
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Once I get onstage the tension explodes and I’m fine. I’m in another world – in a trance almost, doing what I love best, expressing myself through guitar.
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Seeing people’s faces, really getting off on them, makes me incredibly happy. Genuinely.
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