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 PAGEThere’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.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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I don’t deal in technique. I deal in emotions.
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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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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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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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This week, I’m a gypsy. Maybe next week it’ll be glitter rock.
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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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Just because you play bass, doesn’t mean you have no presence.
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The only term I won’t accept is “genius.”
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Right from the first time we went to America in 1968, Led Zeppelin was a word-of-mouth thing. You can’t really compare it to how it is today.
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There are very few people I can call real, close friends. They’re very, very precious 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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There’s music that can affect people in their lives, and they will always relate to the point that they heard it and experienced it, either if you’re playing it or you’re receptive, as an audience.
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I’m just looking for an angel with a broken wing.
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I don’t like being stuck in one situation, day to day.
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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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