51+ Best Jimmy Page Quotes From The Led Zeppelin Star

Jimmy Page or James Patrick Page OBE is a British musician, singer, and songwriter who also produces records.

Jimmy Page is best known for founding the band Led Zeppelin, where he was also a guitarist. Jimmy Page has produced music in genres like rock, hard rock, metal, and blues.

Jimmy Page is one of the greatest guitarists and rock musicians of all time. The guitarist liked to create an ambience with his music and quotes. This list of Jimmy Page quotes include Jimmy Page quotes from his music, Jimmy Page quotes from interviews, greatest Jimmy Page quotes, Led Zeppelin quotes, music quotes Jimmy Page, quotes about Jimmy Page from interviews, songs quotes, his guitar, and more quotes.

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Here are some of the best Jimmy Page quotes from the band guitarist.

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

- Jimmy Page.

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

- Jimmy Page.

3. "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'."

- Jimmy Page.

4. "You know what you can gain when you sit down with the Moroccans. As a person and as a musician. That's how you grow."

- Jimmy Page.

5. “There were lots of things that shouldn’t have been in ['It Might Get Loud]' that were. But that’s it; it’s a documentary. You open your heart up to this sort of thing."

- Jimmy Page, on the documentary 'It Might Get Loud', told to red carpet reporter in 2009.

6. "We kept moving forward and didn’t try to recreate the past ..."

- Jimmy Page.

7. "I don't like being stuck in one situation, day to day."

- Jimmy Page.

8. "I know what I want to get down and I haven't got much time to do it in."

- Jimmy Page.

9. "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."

- Jimmy Page.

Most of the songs produced by Led Zeppelin were written by Jimmy Page. So here are a few quotes from the famous songs which consistently communicate with us even today.

10. "You've been cooling / And baby I've been drooling / All the good times, baby / I've been misusing."

- Jimmy Page, Led Zepellin, 'Whole Lotta Love'.

11. "We come from the land of the ice and snow / From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow."

- Jimmy Page, Led Zepellin, 'Immigrant Song'.

12. "In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees / And the voices of those who stand looking."

- Jimmy Page, Led Zepellin, 'Stairway To Heaven'.

13. "For now I smell the rain / And with it pain / And it's headed my way."

- Jimmy Page, Led Zepellin, 'Ramble On'.

14. "All I see turns to brown / As the sun burns the ground / And my eyes fill with sand / As I scan this wasted land."

- Jimmy Page, Led Zepellin, 'Kashmir'.

15. "These are the seasons of emotion / And like the wind, they rise and fall."

- Jimmy Page, 'The Rain Song'.

16. "So I've decided what I'm gonna do now / So I'm packing my bags for the Misty Mountains / Where the spirits go now / Over the hills where the spirits fly."

- Jimmy Page, Led Zepellin, 'Misty Mountain Hop'.

17. Made up my mind, make a new start / Goin' to California with an achin' in my heart."

- Jimmy Page, Led Zepellin, 'Going To California'.

These Jimmy Page quotes are from the guitarist from the hit band.

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

- Jimmy Page.

19. “Artists say that paintings are never done. I sort of feel the same way about music. I would never say something is perfect. There are performances that can generate a lot of emotion in me when I hear them, but I can’t say if anything is perfect.”

– Jimmy Page.

20. "Isolation doesn't bother me at all. It gives me a sense of security."

- Jimmy Page.

21. "The music is what matters."

- Jimmy Page.

22. "I'm just looking for an angel with a broken wing."

- Jimmy Page.

23. "Ultimately, I wanted Zeppelin to be a marriage of blues, hard rock and acoustic music, topped with heavy choruses-a combination that had never been done before. Lots of light and shade in the music."

- Jimmy Page.

24. "Seeing people's faces, really getting off on them, makes me incredibly happy. Genuinely."

- Jimmy Page.

25. "You've got to capture as much of the room sound as possible. That's the very essence of it."

- Jimmy Page.

26. "I spend a lot of time near water."

- Jimmy Page.

27. "'Communication Breakdown' - it was punchy and direct, with a real attitude that was different to other bands going around."

- Jimmy Page.

28. "Actually, I'm getting one made up with eight necks and I'm going to get a wheelwright to make a big rim around it and then I can do cartwheels off the stage."

- Jimmy Page.

29. "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."

- Jimmy Page.

30. "I don't think the critics could understand what we were doing."

- Jimmy Page.

31. "I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues."

- Jimmy Page.

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

- Jimmy Page.

33. "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."

- Jimmy Page.

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

– Jimmy Page.

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35. "I wasn't into jazz so much - I preferred things raw."

- Jimmy Page.

36. "I always felt if we were going in to do an album, there should already be a lot of structure already made up so we could get on with that and see what else happened."

- Jimmy Page.

37. "Let people buy it because they like the music. I don't want any writing on the cover! Period!"

- Jimmy Page.

38. "Every musician wants to do something which will hold up for a long time, and I guess we did it with 'Stairway to Heaven'."

- Jimmy Page.

39. "There's so many different styles and facets of the 360-degree musical sphere to listen to. From tribal to classical music, it's all there. If the bottom was to sag out of that, for God's sake, help us all."

- Jimmy Page.

40. "I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing."

- Jimmy Page.

41. "But if you want me to knock kingdom come, all I will say is that I heard the guitarist said he'd never heard my playing, and I'd defy any guitarist in American not to have heard Led Zeppelin."

- Jimmy Page.

42. "The blues isn’t about structure; it’s what you bring to it. The spontaneity of capturing a specific moment is what drives it."

- Jimmy Page.

43. “Many people think of me as just a riff guitarist, but I think of myself in broader terms.”

- Jimmy Page.

44. "As a musician, I think my greatest achievement has been to create unexpected melodies and harmonies within a rock and roll framework."

- Jimmy Page.

45. “They (guitar players) just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.”

- Jimmy Page.

46. "Once I get onstage the tension explodes and I’m fine. I’m in another world – in a trance almost, doing what I love best, expressing myself through guitar."

- Jimmy Page.

47. “You can't overthink the music. Mood and intensity can't be manufactured.”

- Jimmy Page.

48. “Music can always be a life-changing experience, for musicians and fans, or at least life-affecting, but it depends on to what degree.”

– Jimmy Page.

49. “...as a producer I would like to be remembered as someone who was able to sustain a band of unquestionable individual talent...”

- Jimmy Page.

50. "The hardest thing really, having anything to do with Led Zeppelin was getting together and rehearsing without anybody finding out about it."

- Jimmy Page.

51. "I always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising."

- Jimmy Page.

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