“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
“The gut-strung guitar, the classical guitar, that is a whole different world on its own. When you think what the guitar can do and what every individual player does with a guitar, everyone has their own identity coming through the guitar.” ThinkingWorldDoeDifferentWholeIndividualCan DoPlayerIdentityGuitarGutsDifferent WorldsClassical Guitar Author:Jimmy Page
“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.” ThinkingMeanSoundGuitarExperimentsElectricalClassical Guitar Author:Jimmy Page
“There is far more sensitivity in acoustic guitar players than could ever be compared to any synthesizer. That's a personal point of view but that's the way I see it. I think that's what it's all about. The drive, the fire, the passion - it all comes out on the guitar.” ThinkingWayPassionViewsFirePlayerGuitarPoint Of ViewSensitivityGuitar PlayerAcousticsAcoustic GuitarSynthesizers Author:Jimmy Page
“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.” PeopleThinkingWorldRomanceLossReleaseFormatVinyl Author:Jimmy Page
“There will be a Led Zeppelin as long as there's a Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones and Robert Plant. This isn't a nostalgia band playing the hits forever. If anything ever happened and somebody left - which I really can't see happening - I don't think we'd bother to carry on. The magic for me is as it is now.” IfsThinkingLongLeftForeverHappenedMagicBandPagesHappeningsPlantNostalgiaBotherJimmyZeppelinsJohn Paul Author:Jimmy Page
“I think it's time to travel, start gathering some real right-in-there experiences with street musicians around the world.” ThinkingWorldRealStreetsMusicianAround The WorldGathering Author:Jimmy Page
“I don't care what critics and other people think.” PeopleThinkingCareCriticsDon't CareI Don't Care Author:Jimmy Page
“I don't know whether I'll reach 40. I don't know whether I'll reach 35. I can't be sure about that. I am bloody serious. I am very, very serious. I didn't think I'd make 30.” ThinkingKnowsI CanSeriousBloody Author:Jimmy Page
“I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.” ThinkingDifferentCultureSeriousMusicianRootsRock N RollDifferent Cultures Author:Jimmy Page
“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
“Many people think of me as just a riff guitarist, but I think of myself in broader terms. As a musician I think my greatest achievement has been to create unexpected melodies and harmonies within a rock and roll framework. And as a producer I would like to be remembered as someone who was able to sustain a band of unquestionable individual talent, and push it to the forefront during its working career. I think I really captured the best of our output, growth, change and maturity on tape - the multifaceted gem that is Led Zeppelin.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensAbleIndividualGrowthTermCareersRocksTalentBandAchievementMusicianHarmonyProducersRememberedMaturityUnexpectedMelodyTapeRock And RollFrameworkCapturedThink Of MeGemsGuitaristOutputZeppelinsGreatest AchievementIndividual TalentMelody And Harmony Author:Jimmy Page
“We went in and recorded exactly where we were at that point in time. I think because of the quality of musicianship of the band has given it the longevity. I thought the music would endure, I didn't think I would ... I always thought I'd be dead by 30, then dead by 40 and on and on. Now I'm 55 so I didn't even die at 50.” ThinkingDiesGivenQualityBandEndureLongevityMusicianship Author:Jimmy Page
“If I ever really felt depressed, I would just start putting on all my old records that I played as a kid, because the whole thing that really lifted me then still lifted me during those other times. It was good medicine for me, and it still does that for me when I put something on. Isn't it wonderful that we've got all that good medicine? I think it's got to be all part of our DNA, this mass communication through music. That's what it is. It's got to be, hasn't it? Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn't let me down.” IfsThinkingDoeHas BeensStillsWholeKidsFeltRecordsWonderfulOne ThingCommunicationMassMusic IsLet MeMedicineConsistentlyDnaLet Me DownMass CommunicationOld Records 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
“Crowley didn't have a very high opinion of women, and I don't think he was wrong.” ThinkingOpinion Author:Jimmy Page
