I don’t go walking into things blind.
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I don’t like to tell people what format they can get things in, or say, “I’m only going to release this on vinyl and nothing else. You have to come to my world.” I don’t like to say that to people either. But, I do think there’s a loss of romance.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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Live Aid did feel like one hour’s rehearsal after several years, but to be part of Live Aid was wonderful. It reall was.
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The key to Zeppelin’s longevity has been change.
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I will still carry on changing all the time.
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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 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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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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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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I spend a lot of time near water.
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Seeing people’s faces, really getting off on them, makes me incredibly happy. Genuinely.
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I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.
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The only term I won’t accept is “genius.”
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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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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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I’m not a guitarist as far as a technician goes, I just pick it up and play it. Technique doesn’t come into it.
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