Jimmy Page quotes

Jimmy Page is a British musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist of Led Zeppelin. His innovative guitar playing and production techniques had a profound influence on the sound of rock music. He continues to be celebrated as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Here are 14 of his quotes:

I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing. (Jimmy Page)

A lot of people can't be on their own. They get frightened. Isolation doesn't bother me at all. It gives me a sense of security.

Jimmy Page

Let me explain something about guitar playing. Everyone's got their own character, and that's the thing that's amazed me about guitar playing since the day I first picked it up. Everyone's approach to what can come out of six strings is different from another person, but it's all valid.

Jimmy Page

I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.

Jimmy Page

I'm just looking for an angel with a broken wing.

Jimmy Page

I always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising.

Jimmy Page

But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn't do it. The best compromise was to put out two CDs - Early Days - which is what it is - and Latter Days.

Jimmy Page

I don't think the critics could understand what we were doing.

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.

Jimmy Page

I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.

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. (Jimmy Page)

Right from the first time we went to America in 1968, Led Zeppelin was a word-of-mouth thing. You can't really compare it to how it is today.

Jimmy Page

Every musician wants to do something which will hold up for a long time, and I guess we did it with 'Stairway to Heaven.'

Jimmy Page

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.

Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page

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Occupation: British Musician
Born: January 9, 1944
Quotes count: 14
Wikipedia: Jimmy Page

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