Jimmy Page Quotes

"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."

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

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

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

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

"My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army."

"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."

"Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was - there's no doubt about it. There's never been anybody since. He's one of the greatest drummers that ever lived."

"This gives me a lot of confidence in myself. I'm excited, and I can't wait for the years to come."

"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."

"We went in and recorded exactly where we were at that point in time. I think because of the quality of musicianship of the band has given it the longevity. I thought the music would endure, I didn't think I would.. I always thought I'd be dead by 30 then dead by 40 and on and on. Now I'm 55 so I didn't even die at 50."