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
cds two impossible
But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn't do it. The best compromise was to put out two CDs - Early Days - which is what it is - and Latter Days.
two needed guitarist
I really wasn't needed... Just straightening up riffs, that's all. Just two guitarists doing it instead of one.
distance guitar two
There's a very old recording maxim that goes, 'Distance makes depth.' I've used that a hell of a lot-whether it's tracking guitars or the whole band. People are used to close-miking amps, but I'd have a mic out around the back, as well, and then balance the two. Also, you shouldn't have to use EQ in the studio if the instruments sound right. You should be able to get the right tones simply with the science of microphone placement.
song play two
We were never a band that did 96 takes of the same thing. I had heard of groups that were into that kind of excess around that time. They'd work on the same track for three or four days and then work on it some more, but that's clearly not the way to record an album. If the track isn't happening and it creates some sort of psychological barrier, even after an hour or two, then you should stop and do something else. Go out: go to the pub, or a restaurant or something. Or play another song.
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.