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
band next
The beauty of the band was you never knew what was going to come out next.
music band territory
... 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 ...
thinking quality band
We went in and recorded exactly where we were at that point in time. I think because of the quality of musicianship of the band has given it the longevity. I thought the music would endure, I didn't think I would ... I always thought I'd be dead by 30, then dead by 40 and on and on. Now I'm 55 so I didn't even die at 50.
records portraits band
Every record is a portrait of the band at that time.
america led time zeppelin
Right from the first time we went to America in 1968, Led Zeppelin was a word-of-mouth thing. You can't really compare it to how it is today.
british-musician
I don't think the critics could understand what we were doing.
british-musician music
I always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising.
album consciousness constant general musical point reflected state
We were in a constant state of musical growth. Each album reflected the general consciousness that we were at in that point in time.
confidence gives wait
This gives me a lot of confidence in myself. I'm excited, and I can't wait for the years to come.
reading rooms staying
Nowadays, we're more into staying in our rooms and reading Nietzsche.
faced hope plight
I think when you're faced with a plight that's inescapable, and there's something you can do about it, you hope you can make a difference.
albert days jamming kept later paris saw
I saw them at Albert Hall, and two days later I went to see them in Paris and we were jamming together, ... The thing is, we kept having shows.
I know how to get there, all I've got to do is keep playing.
bootleg damage fence finger funniest hear listen nerve playing remember ripped time tours wait wrong
The funniest thing is I listen on some of those bootleg albums, and I remember on two tours I wasn't playing with one finger at all because I'd done damage to it. One time I'd ripped it on a fence or something, another time I got it crushed. So when I hear a wrong note, I think wait a minute... But, I wouldn't have the nerve to do it now.