Jimmy Page Quotes

Studying music, everyone sort of has their own style - it's not like everyone's going for the same part.

All I'm trying to do is simply play guitar and elicit this creativity from the instrument.

I try to do things that keep me interested. And play music that moves me. I like to move around and play in a lot of different ways.

I have always thought of music as a highway with many lanes.

I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it.

I mean whatever I do it's important that I put my stamp on it and keep it in my world, whether I'm doing a dance track or something like the Russian album for example.

What is nice about country music today is that most artists are not trying to do something everybody else is doing. They really are trying to develop their own uniqueness.

I'm kind of lucky in the fact that I can take something that's in my head and write it down, or I can listen to a piece of music that somebody else has written and try to tap into what the music's saying and just kind of follow that, you know. I mean, nine times out of 10, I'm just kind of following where the music takes me.

Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer.

We all have different musical instincts, and I think they're precious and should be respected.

Where my tastes in music are concerned, I'm a real maximalist.

Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try some different approaches.

I can't re-define music every week!

I like writing different types of music. I don't like being stuck into one thing.

I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.

The greatest thing about music is everyone has their own style, and I respect all styles of music.

Make your own music. It can be done.

What's great about music is it takes so many kinds of people, including me. Everybody is in a different place.

You can time a part perfectly and play it badly. And some people have very individual offbeat timing, which is their own. It works simply because they are who they are.

No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.

A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know?

I started doing up-and-down strumming, basically to keep time and to play fast. As time went on, I started realizing other guitar players couldn't do it. I always went against the grain.

Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.

To me, music has to be about freedom. It's the most important thing in my life.