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.
JIMMY PAGEI do not worship the devil. But magic does intrigue me. Magic of all kinds. I bought Crowley’s house to go up and write in. The thing is, I just never get up that way. Friends live there now.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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So many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there’s so many chances you have to take.
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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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The element of change has been the thing, really. We put out the first one, then the second… then a third LP totally different from them. It’s the reason we were able to keep it together.
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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 deal in technique. I deal in emotions.
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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 can tell how far I ought to be going, I know how to get there, all I’ve got to do is keep playing.
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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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I don’t go walking into things blind.
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This week, I’m a gypsy. Maybe next week it’ll be glitter rock.
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Just because you play bass, doesn’t mean you have no presence.
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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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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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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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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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