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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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Jimmy Page
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 9
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James Patrick Page
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