50 Jimmy Page Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jimmy Page

British Musician

Born: Jan 9, 1944

Good Guitar Music Time You Zeppelin

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Let me explain something about guitar playing. Everyone's got their own character, and that's the thing that's amazed me about guitar playing since the day I first picked it up. Everyone's approach to what can come out of six strings is different from another person, but it's all valid. Jimmy Page

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Isolation doesn't bother me at all. It gives me a sense of security. Jimmy Page

Me Isolation Sense Security Gives Bother

From meeting Robert Plant, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones, teaming up, rehearsing, playing selected gigs outside of Britain, coming back into Olympic Studios to record the first album, and then going to America, which we crack open like a nut with the debut record - all that happened, literally, within months. Jimmy Page

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I seem to have tireless energy when I get involved in things, on an almost OCD basis, which is a good way to do things because if you're gonna do something, you'd better make sure you do it well. Jimmy Page

I'm always looking for the creative spark. Always. Jimmy Page

Creative Looking Always Spark

I'm pretty loyal to my guitars, you know, but then they're pretty loyal to me, too. Jimmy Page

Me You Too Guitars Pretty Know Then Loyal

The only way to have time is to shut down and then do what you want to do. Jimmy Page

Time You Down Way Only Want Then Shut

Zeppelin vinyl is quite revered in audiophile circles. Jimmy Page

Circles Revered Quite Zeppelin Vinyl

I consider descending chromatic lines and arpeggiated chords basic skills learned by any student of the guitar. Jimmy Page

Guitar Consider Student Learned Lines Any Skills Descending Chords Basic

The passing of John Bonham... Let's just put it... Before we say, 'the passing of John Bonham,' the introduction of John Bonham on the first album and 'Good Times Bad Times,' it changes drumming overnight. Jimmy Page

Good First Before Changes Say Bad Introduction John Bad Times Good Times Put Drumming Passing Overnight Times Just Album

I'm not a guitar hero. Jimmy Page

Guitar Hero

From the first album, Led Zeppelin was always going to be a totally new approach from what had gone before - whether it was approaching the blues or folk music like 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You': nothing existed like that. Jimmy Page

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Time sometimes passes quite quickly. Jimmy Page

Time Sometimes Passes Quickly Quite

The instruments that bleed into each other are what creates the ambience. Once you start cleaning everything up, you lose it. You lose that sort of halo that bleeding creates. Then if you eliminate the halo, you have to go back and put in some artificial reverb, which is never as good. Jimmy Page

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