There are very few people I can call real, close friends. They’re very, very precious to me.
JIMMY PAGEThis week, I’m a gypsy. Maybe next week it’ll be glitter rock.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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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 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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This week, I’m a gypsy. Maybe next week it’ll be glitter rock.
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You can’t buy time. Everything, for me, seems to be a race against time. Especially musically.
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I really wasn’t needed. Just straightening up riffs, that’s all. Just two guitarists doing it instead of one.
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I don’t like being stuck in one situation, day to day.
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Every record is a portrait of the band at that time.
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The only term I won’t accept is “genius.”
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My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall’s on `Reelin’ In The Years’.
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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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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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Just because you play bass, doesn’t mean you have no presence.
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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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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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If you are on to something creative, school can also inhibit you. The wrong teacher, man, can really mess you up.
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