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So far I've been very, very fortunate because it appears that people like to hear the music I like to play. What more fortunate position can a musician be in?

Jimmy Page

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Jimmy Page
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 9
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James Patrick Page
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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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So many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there's so many chances you have to take.
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I have a voracious appetite for all things, worldly and unworldly.
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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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