I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.
Jimmy PageRead
I always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of belief in one's artistic work, which leads to authenticity.
Jimmy Page's quote reflects the unwavering conviction he held in the music he created, suggesting that true artistry stems from deep belief and passion. This uncompromising stance allows artists to remain true to their vision, even amid external pressures to conform or dilute their expression.
In practice
This quote can inspire musicians at a workshop to stay true to their style.
I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.
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.
I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.
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.
I'm involved in all things musical. It's all consuming, even if it doesn't necessarily manifest as a record or a concert.
We were never a band that did 96 takes of the same thing. I had heard of groups that were into that kind of excess around that time. They'd work on the same track for three or four days and then work on it some more, but that's clearly not the way to record an album. If the track isn't happening and it creates some sort of psychological barrier, even after an hour or two, then you should stop and do something else. Go out: go to the pub, or a restaurant or something. Or play another song.
An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.
The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.
It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention to use the whole picture, the whole culture.
After one has abandoned a belief in God, poetry is that essence which takes its place as life's redemption.
There will be no new music until it's good enough and until I'm ready.
I want to do work that means something to me so that when I go to work at the theater eight times a week, I want to be there.
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