--- title: "18 Ifs Quotes By Jimmy Page" description: "18 Ifs quotes by Jimmy Page. Plus more from Jimmy Page and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/jimmy-page-1492_ifs_i-love-playing-if-it-was-down-to-just-th_1502660.jpg" --- > [I love playing. If it was down to just that, it would be utopia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/i-love-playing-if-it-was-down-to-just-that-it-would-be-utopia/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/jimmy-page-1492_ifs_i-love-playing-if-it-was-down-to-just-th_1502660.jpg) > [If you are on to something creative, school can also inhibit you. The wrong teacher, man, can really mess you up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/if-you-are-on-to-something-creative-school-can-also-inhibit-you-the/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d1/jimmy-page-1492_creative_if-you-are-on-to-something-creative-scho_1287622.jpg) > [Artists say that paintings are never done. I sort of feel the same way about music. I would never say something is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/artists-say-that-paintings-are-never-done-i-sort-of-feel-the-same-way/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/jimmy-page-1492_art_artists-say-that-paintings-are-never-don_1160318.jpg) > [... if you wanted to chart new territories and head off over the horizon, you had to make sure you weren't overly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/if-you-wanted-to-chart-new-territories-and-head-off-over-the-horizon/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbe/jimmy-page-1492_band_if-you-wanted-to-chart-new-territories-a_2809779.jpg) > [There's music that can affect people in their lives, and they will always relate to the point that they heard it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/there-s-music-that-can-affect-people-in-their-lives-and-they-will/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/jimmy-page-1492_audience_there-s-music-that-can-affect-people-in_1360907.jpg) > [There's so many different styles and facets of the 360-degree musical sphere to listen to. From tribal to classical music, it's all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/there-s-so-many-different-styles-and-facets-of-the-360-degree-musical/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5c/jimmy-page-1492_bottom_there-s-so-many-different-styles-and-fac_1397756.jpg) > [If you're working at the factory and you're cursing every day that you get up, at all costs get out of it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/if-you-re-working-at-the-factory-and-you-re-cursing-every-day-that/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/jimmy-page-1492_cost_if-you-re-working-at-the-factory-and-you_2257389.jpg) > [But if you want me to knock Kingdom Come, all I will say is that I heard the guitarist said he'd never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/but-if-you-want-me-to-knock-kingdom-come-all-i-will-say-is-that-i/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96f/jimmy-page-1492_guitarist_but-if-you-want-me-to-knock-kingdom-come_1634307.jpg) > [I'm not interested in turning anybody on to anybody that I'm turned on to... if people want to find things, they find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/i-m-not-interested-in-turning-anybody-on-to-anybody-that-i-m-turned/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/jimmy-page-1492_ifs_i-m-not-interested-in-turning-anybody-on_2031334.jpg) > [There's a certain standard in classical music that allows the application of the term "genius," but you're treading on thin ice if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/there-s-a-certain-standard-in-classical-music-that-allows-the/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/jimmy-page-1492_application_there-s-a-certain-standard-in-classical_954353.jpg) > [There's a very old recording maxim that goes, 'Distance makes depth.' I've used that a hell of a lot-whether it's tracking guitars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/there-s-a-very-old-recording-maxim-that-goes-distance-makes-depth-i/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d07/jimmy-page-1492_able_there-s-a-very-old-recording-maxim-that_3207084.jpg) > [You can't expect to be the same person you were three years ago. Some people expect you to be and can't come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/you-can-t-expect-to-be-the-same-person-you-were-three-years-ago-some/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/jimmy-page-1492_affected_you-can-t-expect-to-be-the-same-person-y_1065643.jpg) > [We were never a band that did 96 takes of the same thing. I had heard of groups that were into that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/we-were-never-a-band-that-did-96-takes-of-the-same-thing-i-had-heard/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/jimmy-page-1492_albums_we-were-never-a-band-that-did-96-takes-o_2470626.jpg) > [Once I got a guitar that was relatively user-friendly, but not super-duper easy, I really came on as a guitarist, at that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/once-i-got-a-guitar-that-was-relatively-user-friendly-but-not-super/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/jimmy-page-1492_bits_once-i-got-a-guitar-that-was-relatively_27013.jpg) > [My vocation is more in composition really than anything else-building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/my-vocation-is-more-in-composition-really-than-anything-else-building-2/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/jimmy-page-1492_albums_my-vocation-is-more-in-composition-reall_2153280.jpg) > [There will be a Led Zeppelin as long as there's a Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones and Robert Plant. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/there-will-be-a-led-zeppelin-as-long-as-there-s-a-jimmy-page-john/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/861/jimmy-page-1492_band_there-will-be-a-led-zeppelin-as-long-as_906074.jpg) > [If I ever really felt depressed, I would just start putting on all my old records that I played as a kid,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/if-i-ever-really-felt-depressed-i-would-just-start-putting-on-all-my/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/jimmy-page-1492_communication_if-i-ever-really-felt-depressed-i-would_3102840.jpg) > [I don't want to get too dippy about all this. If you take the view of the scientist and everything is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/i-don-t-want-to-get-too-dippy-about-all-this-if-you-take-the-view-of/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/jimmy-page-1492_beats_i-don-t-want-to-get-too-dippy-about-all_1750840.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Jimmy Page > [I wasn't into jazz so much - I preferred things raw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/i-wasn-t-into-jazz-so-much-i-preferred-things-raw/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) > [The passing of John Bonham... Let's just put it... Before we say, 'the passing of John Bonham,' the introduction of John Bonham on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/the-passing-of-john-bonham-let-s-just-put-it-before-we-say-the/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) > [Once I got a guitar that was relatively user-friendly, but not super-duper easy, I really came on as a guitarist, at that point. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/once-i-got-a-guitar-that-was-relatively-user-friendly-but-not-super/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) > [The one person who's disappeared out of the business is the A&R man. Because the listener at home becomes the A&R man. He's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/the-one-person-who-s-disappeared-out-of-the-business-is-the-a-r-man/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) > [I'm pretty loyal to my guitars, you know, but then they're pretty loyal to me, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/i-m-pretty-loyal-to-my-guitars-you-know-but-then-they-re-pretty-loyal/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) > [Everything that came later... the roots are all there in the first album.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/everything-that-came-later-the-roots-are-all-there-in-the-first-album/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) > [Right from the first time we went to America in 1968, Led Zeppelin was a word-of-mouth thing. You can't really compare it to how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/right-from-the-first-time-we-went-to-america-in-1968-led-zeppelin-was/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) > [I've never regretted anything I've ever done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/i-ve-never-regretted-anything-i-ve-ever-done/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) > [I played guitar all my life, all the way through the Yardbirds, but I knew that for me this was going to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/i-played-guitar-all-my-life-all-the-way-through-the-yardbirds-but-i/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) > [Because we spent so much time in the States in the beginning, we weren't able to do so much in England. It was slower…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/because-we-spent-so-much-time-in-the-states-in-the-beginning-we-weren/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) > [Spirit is a band I really love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/spirit-is-a-band-i-really-love/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) > [The fourth album encapsulated some remarkable music that was really groundbreaking. We were able to have something like 'When the Levee Breaks,' which, sonically,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/the-fourth-album-encapsulated-some-remarkable-music-that-was-really/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) > [I played guitar all my life, all the way through the Yardbirds, but I knew that for me, this was going to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/i-played-guitar-all-my-life-all-the-way-through-the-yardbirds-but-i-2/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) > [I've never mastered the guitar. Either I was playing it, or it was playing me; it depends how you look at it. As a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/i-ve-never-mastered-the-guitar-either-i-was-playing-it-or-it-was/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) > [A 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/a-lot-of-people-can-t-be-on-their-own-they-get-frightened-isolation/) [Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/jimmy-page/#itemlist", "name": "18 Ifs Quotes By Jimmy Page", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love playing. 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