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.
JIMMY PAGEWhen I went over to the States to promote Outrider, everyone was telling me I was a blues guitarist. I’m not a bloody blues guitarist. I’m a guitarist.
More Jimmy Page Quotes
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I’m still terrified of flying. I really have to get drunk to fly. I’ve found that I’ve developed fears I never had before… fears of heights, claustrophobia only in cities, though, never in the country.
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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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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.
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I like change and I like contrast.
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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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I don’t feel I have to top myself at all.
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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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I think it’s time to travel, start gathering some real right-in-there experiences with street musicians around the world.
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I guess the solo from ‘Achilles Last Stand’ is in the same tradition as the solo from ‘Stairway to Heaven’ It is on that level to me.
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Everything that came later… the roots are all there in the first album.
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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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This week, I’m a gypsy. Maybe next week it’ll be glitter rock.
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I don’t go walking into things blind.
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From the classical guitar right through to the furthest electrical experiments and everything in-between, it’s amazing what the guitar can actually do. I mean, when one thinks about sounds.
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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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