“My vocation is more in composition really than anything else-building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army. ... 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. ... I always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising. ... I don't think the critics could understand what we were doing.” IfsThinkingShouldMadeFeltHappenedBuildingArmyHarmonyStructureCriticsGuitarAlbumsSongwritingCompositionVocationAlways BelieveBuilding UpUncompromising Author:Jimmy Page
“We were never a band that did 96 takes of the same thing. I had heard of groups that were into that kind of excess around that time. They'd work on the same track for three or four days and then work on it some more, but that's clearly not the way to record an album. If the track isn't happening and it creates some sort of psychological barrier, even after an hour or two, then you should stop and do something else. Go out: go to the pub, or a restaurant or something. Or play another song.” IfsWayShouldKindTwoPlaySongThreeHoursRecordsFourHeardGroupsBandHappeningsTrackAlbumsPsychologicalRestaurantsBarriersExcessPubs Author:Jimmy Page
“Everything that came later... the roots are all there in the first album.” FirstsRootsAlbums Author:Jimmy Page
“Well, Led Zeppelin IV! That's it really. I'll tell you why the album had no title - because we were so fed up with the reactions to the third album, that people couldn't understand why that record wasn't a direct continuation of the second album. And then people said we were a hype and all, which was the furthest thing from what we were. So we just said, `let's put out an album with no title at all!' That way, either people like it or they don't... but we still got bad reviews!” PeopleWayWellsSaidStillsRecordsDirectThirdsAlbumsReactionsTitlesFedsReviewsHypeFed UpContinuationZeppelinsBad Reviews Author:Jimmy Page
“There was no working title for the album. The record-jacket designer said `When I think of the group, I always think of power and force. There's a definite presence there.' That was it. He wanted to call it `Obelisk'. To me, it was more important what was behind the obelisk. The cover is very tongue-in-cheek, to be quite honest. Sort of a joke on 2001. I think it's quite amusing.” ThinkingSaidImportantWantedForceBehindsRecordsGroupsHonestJokesAlbumsTongueTitlesDesignerCheeksDefiniteJacketsAmusingTongue In Cheek Author:Jimmy Page
“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.” WayYearsPlayIndividualWishStyleIdentityPeriodsGuitarAlbums Author:Jimmy Page
“I suggested back in 1980 to do a chronological live album, but there wasn't that much enthusiasm for it.” AlbumsEnthusiasm Author:Jimmy Page
“We kept moving forward and didn't try to recreate the past .. the approach to each album was radically different every time. Many bands would have some success and, because they were locked into having a single - something we didn't have to worry about - they had to make sure there was something similar on the next album ... that was never the idea with Led Zeppelin .. the goal was to keep that spark of spontaneity at all times.” TryingIdeasDifferentPastMovingNextGoalMusicWorryBandApproachAlbumsMoving ForwardAll TimeSparksLockedSpontaneityZeppelins Author:Jimmy Page
“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.” IfsShouldMadeFeltHappenedStructureAlbums Author:Jimmy Page
