Quotes from Jimmy Page

You've got to capture as much of the room sound as possible. That's the very essence of it.

I was excited about opening for Vanilla Fudge because I was a big fan of theirs.

From meeting Robert Plant, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones, teaming up, rehearsing, playing selected gigs outside of Britain, coming back into Olympic Studios to record the first album, and then going to America, which we crack open like a nut with the debut record - all that happened, literally, within months.

I've played guitar in so many different styles, and I want to revisit them all.

The beauty of the band was you never knew what was going to come out next.

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 one who chooses what tracks he wants on the album. And that's cool.

So many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there's so many chances you have to take.

'Communication Breakdown' - it was punchy and direct, with a real attitude that was different to other bands going around.

Because somebody plays guitar, why does it mean they need a singer? Because people already have this image of things? No, I'll put my music together, then think about whether I need to embellish it with a singer.

The album's not dead for me; I still buy vinyl albums.

We weren't making money in the Yardbirds.