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I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing.

Jimmy Page

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Jimmy Page
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 9
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
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James Patrick Page
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I do not worship the devil. But magic does intrigue me. Magic of all kinds. I bought Crowley's house to go up and write in. The thing is, I just never get up that way. Friends live there now.
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Once I got a guitar that was relatively user-friendly, but not super-duper easy, I really came on as a guitarist, at that point. It helped. It was a super-expensive guitar either, but something needs to steer you a bit, if you're playing an instrument that is really hard.
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I like change and I like contrast.
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The idea of a hypnotic riff as the prime mover of a piece of music has been around for a long time, whether you're talking about the Delta blues or music from Middle Eastern and African cultures.
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I don't feel I have to top myself at all.
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You can't buy time. Everything, for me, seems to be a race against time. Especially musically.
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The term genius gets used far too loosely in rock & roll.
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I don't go walking into things blind.
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I think it's time to travel, start gathering some real right-in-there experiences with street musicians around the world.
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I can listen to all different sorts of music. I don't really care about The Next Big Thing.
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Led Zeppelin didn't get that kind of Beatles screaming. We had a more sort of macho crowd. But I remember once in the early days of The Yardbirds, we were playing on an ice rink, and the stage was mobbed by screaming girls. I had my clothes torn off me. That's a really uncomfortable experience, let me tell you.
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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.
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It's interesting when something new comes along, a band of dwarfs playing electronic harps or something, but I'm not searching.
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There's so much that can be done on the guitar. And that's what is so good about the guitar - everyone can really enjoy themselves on it and have a good time, which is what it's all about.
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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 speciļ¬c moment is what drives it.
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There's a certain standard in classical music that allows the application of the term genius, but you're treading on thin ice if you start applying it to rock & rollers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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My finger picking is sort of a cross between Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, and total incompetence.
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