“There is no way I would play guitar like a tour de force like I did in Led Zeppelin. John Bonham, phenomenal drummer, young man with his technique, but do you think he would ever have the opportunity to play like that in another band? Of course he hadn't.” ThinkingMenWayPlayYoungCoursesOpportunityForceBandGuitarTechniqueYoung ManDrummerPhenomenalZeppelins Author:Jimmy Page
“Many people in the neighborhood liked hip-hop and house music, and I couldn't play that. You can't perform that on guitar or drums, which was what I was playing, at the time. But, I got so much from mariachi bands that were constantly playing in the neighborhood.” PeoplePlayHouseBandGuitarHip HopHipsHopsNeighborhoodHouse Music Author:Jimmy Page
“I'm not a guitarist as far as a technician goes, I just pick it up and play it. Technique doesn't come into it.” PlayPicksTechniqueGuitaristTechnicians Author:Jimmy Page
“I had another idea of getting a traveling medicine wagon with a dropdown side and traveling around England. That might sound crazy to you, but over there it's so rural you can do it. Just drop down the side and play through big battery amps and mixers and it can all be as temporary or as permanent as I want it to be.” WantIdeasPlayBigsMightSoundSidesCan DoCrazyEnglandMedicinePermanentTemporaryYou Can Do ItBatteriesWagons Author:Jimmy Page
“So far I've been very, very fortunate because it appears that people like to hear the music I like to play. What more fortunate position can a musician be in?” PeoplePlayPositionMusicianFortunate Author:Jimmy Page
“I remember one particular occasion when I hadn't played a solo for, quite literally, a couple of months. And I was asked to play a solo on a rock & roll thing. I played it and felt that what I'd done was absolute crap. I was so disgusted with myself that I made my mind up that I had to get out of it. It was messing me right up.” MindMadeDonePlayRememberFeltRocksParticularMonthsCoupleAbsolutesOccasionsCrapSoloDisgusted Author:Jimmy Page
“I really don't like showing people how I play things; it's a little embarrassing because it always looks so simple to me.” PeopleLooksLittlesPlaySimpleEmbarrassing 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
“Sometimes, I must admit, I'd like to have a second guitarist onstage with me, but it wouldn't look right. I'd like to play for another 20 years, but I don't know... I just can't see it happening. I don't know why. It's a certain foreboding... a funny feeling... vultures.” KnowsYearsLooksSometimesPlayFeelingsCertainHappeningsGuitaristVultureForeboding 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
“That's the music that I play at home all the time, Joni Mitchell. Court and Spark I love because I'd always hoped that she'd work with a band. But the main thing with Joni is that she's able to look at something that's happened to her, draw back and crystallize the whole situation, then write about it. She brings tears to my eyes, what more can I say? It's bloody eerie. I can relate so much to what she says. "Now old friends are acting strange/They shake their heads/They say I've changed."” WritingLooksI CanPlayWholeHomeEyeAbleLove IsActingSituationHappenedChangedTearsStrangeBandDrawsCourtRelateShakesSparksBloodyOld FriendsEerieI've Changed Author:Jimmy Page
