Jimmy Page Quotes

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Jimmy Page

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 9, 1944

I can play in many sorts of categories because we've seen that with Led Zeppelin, all the acoustic stuff, and this, that and the other.

Jimmy Page

You'll find so many of the guitarists from the '60s will all say Lonnie Donegan was the influence.

Jimmy Page

I've played guitar in so many different styles, and I want to revisit them all.

Jimmy Page

Because somebody plays guitar, why does it mean they need a singer? Because people already have this image of things? No, I'll put my music together, then think about whether I need to embellish it with a singer.

Jimmy Page

I play like I play. You hear it on 'Celebration Day.' It's pretty good for a one-night shot.

Jimmy Page

Our intent with Led Zeppelin was not to get caught up in the singles' market, but to make albums where you could really flex your muscles - your musical intellect, if you like - and challenge yourself.

Jimmy Page

It's good to be in a position to know that I've inspired musicians, from what I've learned to lay down personally, and collectively with Led Zeppelin.

Jimmy Page

If you listen to our work, from 'Led Zeppelin I' to 'Coda,' it's just a fantastic textbook.

Jimmy Page

I've never mastered the guitar. Either I was playing it, or it was playing me; it depends how you look at it. As a kid, the only things I had to do was go to school, do my homework, and play guitar.

Jimmy Page

Led Zeppelin was a band that would change things around substantially each time it played... We were becoming tighter and tighter, to the point of telepathy.

Jimmy Page

I am very good at remembering music and am absolutely certain that I never heard 'Taurus' until 2014.

Jimmy Page

I do not recall ever seeing Spirit perform live.

Jimmy Page

I consider descending chromatic lines and arpeggiated chords basic skills learned by any student of the guitar.

Jimmy Page

Certainly, as a guitarist, I was aware of descending chromatic lines and arpeggios long before 1968.

Jimmy Page

I can understand why we got bad reviews. We went right over people's heads. One album would follow another and would have nothing to do with what we'd done before. People didn't know what was going on.

Jimmy Page

John Peel made his reputation with his radio show and his record label, Dandelion, by championing the underdog.

Jimmy Page

Because we spent so much time in the States in the beginning, we weren't able to do so much in England. It was slower catching up. And we didn't have radio here like what was called underground radio over there. So we got these little slots on the BBC.

Jimmy Page

There is no point in putting out 'The Complete BBC Sessions,' and someone's growling that you missed something.

Jimmy Page

With Led Zeppelin, it has always been that mystique of how the music is done - how it works, why it works.

Jimmy Page

The thing about Led Zeppelin was that it was always four musicians at the top of their game, but they could play like a band.

Jimmy Page