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 PageA lot of people can't be on their own. They get frightened. Isolation doesn't bother me at all. It gives me a sense of security.
Jimmy PageThe way I see it, rock & roll is folk music. Street music. It isn't taught in school. It has to be picked up.
Jimmy PageWe 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.
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