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.
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 always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising.
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.
I don't think the critics could understand what we were doing.
I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing.
I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.
I'm just looking for an angel with a broken wing.
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.
Page used a Gibson EDS-1275 in "Stairway to Heaven."
Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham died in Page's house.
After finding Plant, Jimmy Page referred to him as "the young guy with the powerful voice."
Keith Moon predicted that Page's band would "go down like a lead zeppelin." That is where the name comes from.
Page is rated the best guitar riff creator of all time by rock.com.
Page contributed to The Kinks' 1964 debut album.
Page was ranked number 4 on rock.com's list of the top 100 rock and roll guitarists.
He produced all of the Led Zeppelin albums.
He sat in on the studio sessions for The Who's first single I Can't Explain.
His early influences were (rockabilly) guitarists Scotty Moore and James Burton.
He was the first musician to be immortalized on the British Walk of Fame in London, on August 23, 2004.
He started playing the guitar when he was 12 years old.
He is 5 feet, 10 inches tall.(1.78 m)
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