If you’re working at the factory and you’re cursing every day that you get up, at all costs get out of it. You’ll just make yourself ill.
JIMMY PAGEThe 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.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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I’m at my best when I’m exhausted and under pressure.
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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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You can’t just find yourself doing something and not happy doing it.
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Let’s just say I’m like a ship passing through storms, resting in ports now and then until it’s time to continue the journey. I once told a friend, `I’m just looking for an angel with a broken wing – one that couldn’t fly away.’
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I’m very fortunate because I love what I’m doing.
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I’ve never regretted anything I’ve ever done.
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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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I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn’t teach it in school.
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The term “genius” gets used far too loosely in rock & roll.
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I always felt if we were going in to do an album, there should already be a lot of structure already made up so we could get on with that and see what else happened.
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I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I’m doing.
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I don’t care what critics and other people think.
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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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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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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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