Jimmy Page Quotes

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.

I got my first set of drums when I was around 3. I went from band to marching band to Latin jazz band - it's like riding a bike.

I'd always thought the Rats were good fun, but one of the very nice things about being of Saga age is that I can actually look back and think, When I was younger I was in a great band. It was always a collective thing.

I like to believe that I play bass like Dusty Hill, and that's something nobody else can do as well as me. I'm the best Dusty Hill I know.

I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off.

My family is very creative. My grandfather played the guitar in Cuba. My sisters, my mom and two aunts would do harmonies, so I would see them and think, 'I want the attention.'

And they kind of left to find a guitar player at the very end, so you know, I don't really take it as any slight that I wasn't able to play on the record. It's flattering just to play with them period.

Yeah; I'm a much better blues player than anybody knows, but being in the kind of group I'm in, we were always trying to make popular records.

I found out how great the E Street Band is. The reality of a band that you can't scoop aside, can't put in a corner.

Growing up, just singing in bands, I didn't have the same kind of voice as everyone else.

I was always pretty decent at fast stick work or doing stuff that seems impressive that's not really; I was pretty tasteful and had good ideas musically. But I had a terrible sense of tempo, which is like being a blind painter. The conductor would just rip into me, and it lasted for years.

Great musicians are great musicians, whether they're playing a trombone or an electric guitar or a xylophone.

Anybody can be a drummer.

I was always good at music.

When I play the trumpet, I'm in a different character.

My grandfather was an excellent harmonium player, and after him, I, too, trained myself and can play a few musical instruments well.

You have a natural groove inside of you, but the more you practise, the more comfortable you will be with your instrument.

The piano is the instrument I can play the most.

He might have been in Led Zeppelin, but to me he was just dad.

I love working with my band-mates in Alkaline Trio, but to make a rock record that was just mine was something that I wanted to do.

In the case of Roadcase Royale, everyone in the band has a lot to offer as a writer and producer.

I played in a punk rock band in high school called the High Heel Flip Flops. I was the drummer. I played drums for, like, four years.

I was drawn to music from a super early age. At school, my ego co-opted it to some degree and I would use it to gain some sort of social credibility.

I always dreamed of playing music with my father. But my voice is so scratchy, I only sing in the shower.

Generally, I think of myself as a guitar player, but when I do find the right song to sing lead on, I try to do my best.