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I can only listen to what I'm working on, at the time. I can't listen to anything else because I don't want to copy it.
Jimmy Page
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Jimmy Page
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 9
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I love playing. If it was down to just that, it would be utopia.
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I'm over 30 now, but I didn't expect to be here.
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I don't know whether I'll reach 40. I don't know whether I'll reach 35. I can't be sure about that. I am bloody serious. I am very, very serious. I didn't think I'd make 30.
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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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I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing.
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I'm still searching for an angel with a broken wing. It's not very easy to find them these days.
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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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