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I'm at my best when I'm exhausted and under pressure.

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
Jim Page
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Exhausted
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I'm not afraid of death. That is the greatest mystery of all. That'll be it, that one. But it is all a race against time.
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If you wanted to chart new territories and head off over the horizon, you had to make sure you weren't overly influenced by what others were doing ... so it didn't matter what other bands were doing ... we did what we were doing.
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I know where I'm going musically. I can see my pattern and I'm going much slower than I thought I'd be going.
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The only term I won't accept is genius.
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I like change and I like contrast.
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The key to Zeppelin's longevity has been change.
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Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.
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There's so many different styles and facets of the 360-degree musical sphere to listen to. From tribal to classical music, it's all there. If the bottom was to sag out of that, for God's sake, help us all.
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I don't feel I have to top myself at all.
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My finger picking is sort of a cross between Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, and total incompetence.
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The term genius gets used far too loosely in rock & roll.
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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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You never knew what was going to happen in concert. It was a really exciting prospect to go onstage, and you can hear that in the live recordings ... wherever we were and whatever year it was, we always went onstage determined to do our best.
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I'm very fortunate because I love what I'm doing.
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