You can't expect to be the same person you were three years ago. Some people expect you to be and can't come to terms with the fact that if a year has elapsed between LPs, that means one year's worth of changes. The material consequently is affected by that, the lyrics are affected by that... the music too.

Jimmy Page

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Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. I... by Jimmy Page

Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.

let-me has-beens music-is

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.

believe-in-yourself guitar character

I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing. by Jimmy Page

I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing.

i-believe may believe

I don't deal in technique. I deal in emotions. by Jimmy Page

I don't deal in technique. I deal in emotions.

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So many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there'... by Jimmy Page

So many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there's so many chances you have to take.

frightened chance people

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.

communication kids thinking

I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mo... by Jimmy Page

I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.

communicate guitar mouths

You can't overthink the music. Mood and intensity can't be manufactured. The blues isn't about structure; it's what you bring to it. The spontaneity of capturing a speciﬁc moment is what drives it.

mood spontaneity moments

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.'

angel journey wings

My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall's on `Reel... by Jimmy Page

My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall's on `Reelin' In The Years'.

my-favorite guitar years

I have a voracious appetite for all things, worldly and unworldly... by Jimmy Page

I have a voracious appetite for all things, worldly and unworldly.

worldly appetite all-things

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.

rocks maturity thinking

I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.

unique player believe

I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they di... by Jimmy Page

I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn't teach it in school.

guitar good-things school

I'm still searching for an angel with a broken wing. It's not ver... by Jimmy Page

I'm still searching for an angel with a broken wing. It's not very easy to find them these days.

angel broken wings

The greatest satisfaction is not the decoration. It is knowing that I am able to help someone who needs help.

able knowing needs

You absorb so much from whatever your environment is, as an artist, and you learn to take from it what can help you create.

environment artist helping

Crowley didn't have a very high opinion of women, and I don't thi... by Jimmy Page

Crowley didn't have a very high opinion of women, and I don't think he was wrong.

opinion thinking

Well, Led Zeppelin IV! That's it really. I'll tell you why the album had no title - because we were so fed up with the reactions to the third album, that people couldn't understand why that record wasn't a direct continuation of the second album. And then people said we were a hype and all, which was the furthest thing from what we were. So we just said, `let's put out an album with no title at all!' That way, either people like it or they don't... but we still got bad reviews!

hype titles people

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.

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