I’m involved in all things musical. It’s all consuming, even if it doesn’t necessarily manifest as a record or a concert. – Jimmy Page
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
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. – Jimmy Page
I wanted to emulate music from America – young punks playing rock n’ roll is what it was. I read part of Keith Richards’ autobiography, and it was totally parallel with me, learning from American records. – Jimmy Page
I consider descending chromatic lines and arpeggiated chords basic skills learned by any student of the guitar. – Jimmy Page
The Yardbirds folded in 1968, and within a handful of months, Led Zeppelin was not only a band but also a very successful one. – Jimmy Page
I love playing. If it was down to just that, it would be utopia. But it’s not. It’s airplanes, hotel rooms, limousines, and armed guards standing outside rooms. I don’t get off on that part of it at all. – Jimmy Page
I played guitar all my life, all the way through the Yardbirds, but I knew that for me, this was going to be a guitar vehicle, because that’s what I wanted it to be. There is no way I would play guitar like a tour de force like I did in Led Zeppelin. – Jimmy Page