Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page
James Patrick Page, OBE is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth9 January 1944
years guitar my-favorite
My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall's on `Reelin' In The Years'.
believe unique player
I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.
guitar mouths communicate
I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.
appetite all-things worldly
I have a voracious appetite for all things, worldly and unworldly.
communication kids thinking
If I ever really felt depressed, I would just start putting on all my old records that I played as a kid, because the whole thing that really lifted me then still lifted me during those other times. It was good medicine for me, and it still does that for me when I put something on. Isn't it wonderful that we've got all that good medicine? I think it's got to be all part of our DNA, this mass communication through music. That's what it is. It's got to be, hasn't it? Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn't let me down.
character guitar firsts
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.
technique emotion deals
I don't deal in technique. I deal in emotions.
angel journey wings
Let's just say I'm like a ship passing through storms, resting in ports now and then until it's time to continue the journey. I once told a friend, `I'm just looking for an angel with a broken wing - one that couldn't fly away.'
believe may i-believe
I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing.
thinking maturity rocks
Many people think of me as just a riff guitarist, but I think of myself in broader terms. As a musician I think my greatest achievement has been to create unexpected melodies and harmonies within a rock and roll framework. And as a producer I would like to be remembered as someone who was able to sustain a band of unquestionable individual talent, and push it to the forefront during its working career. I think I really captured the best of our output, growth, change and maturity on tape - the multifaceted gem that is Led Zeppelin.
music-is let-me has-beens
Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.