Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page
James Patrick Page, OBE is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth9 January 1944
album consciousness constant general musical point reflected state
We were in a constant state of musical growth. Each album reflected the general consciousness that we were at in that point in time.
bootleg damage fence finger funniest hear listen nerve playing remember ripped time tours wait wrong
The funniest thing is I listen on some of those bootleg albums, and I remember on two tours I wasn't playing with one finger at all because I'd done damage to it. One time I'd ripped it on a fence or something, another time I got it crushed. So when I hear a wrong note, I think wait a minute... But, I wouldn't have the nerve to do it now.
faced hope plight
I think when you're faced with a plight that's inescapable, and there's something you can do about it, you hope you can make a difference.
reading rooms staying
Nowadays, we're more into staying in our rooms and reading Nietzsche.
music-is let-me has-beens
Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.
technique emotion deals
I don't deal in technique. I deal in emotions.
years guitar my-favorite
My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall's on `Reelin' In The Years'.
records portraits band
Every record is a portrait of the band at that time.
spontaneity moments mood
You can't overthink the music. Mood and intensity can't be manufactured. The blues isn't about structure; it's what you bring to it. The spontaneity of capturing a specific moment is what drives it.
strong believe character
I do really believe that all guitarists have a different character that comes through, that's a strong character, the stronger the person is.
hype people albums
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!
love-is guitar world
Once I get onstage the tension explodes and I'm fine. I'm in another world - in a trance almost, doing what I love best, expressing myself through guitar.
music rocks important
...the blues appealed to me, but so did rock. The early rockabilly guitarists like Cliff Gallup and Scotty Moore were just as important to me as the blues guitarists...
eye home writing
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.