Bass Is For People Who Can't Play

Jimmy Page Is An Excellent Producer. Led Zeppelin I And Ii Are Classics. As A Player He's Very Good In The Studio, But I've Never Seen Him Play Well Live. He's Sloppy. He Plays Like He's Got A Broken Hand And He's Two Years Old. If You Put Out A Good Album And Play Like A Two Year Old, What's The Purpose?

If You Want To Be A Rock Star Or Just Be Famous, Then Run Down The Street Naked, You'll Make The News Or Something. But If You Want Music To Be Your Livelihood, Then Play, Play, Play And Play! And Eventually You'll Get To Where You Want To Be.

And If I Would Have Taken Lessons I Probably Wouldn't Have Done It, And What Forced Me To Do All This Weird Stuff On The Guitar Was I Couldn't Afford Effects Pedals, I Didn't Have All This Stuff When I Was A Kid So I Just Tried To Squeeze All The Weird Noises I Could Out Of The Guitar, Which Brings Me To Building Guitars.

A Guitar Is A Very Personal Extension Of The Person Playing It. You Have To Be Emotionally And Spiritually Connected To Your Instrument. I'm Very Brutal On My Instruments, But Not All The Time.

I'm Blessed With A Good Pair Of Ears. That's How I Fooled My Piano Teacher. I'd Watch His Fingers And I'd Listen To It, And I Just Kind Of Basically Learned It By Myself.