Jeff Beck: Still on the Run (2018 TV Movie)

Jimmy Page: Self

Quotes 

• Jimmy Page, Himself : Everybody respects Jeff. He's an extraordinary musician. And he's developed a technique which is so complex, it's just a beauty to behold and to hear and to feel his playing. He's having a conversation with you when he's playing, it's just that he's not singing.

• Jimmy Page, Himself : Well, he came round to my house. I was living at home, of course, with my parents. And Jeff came in and he had a homemade guitar. I also had a homemade guitar there as well. And we just sort of clicked immediately.

  Jeff Beck, Himself : It was like two brothers, you know, almost. We had - we - it was just a joyous thing to find somebody else that had this common interests.

  Jimmy Page, Himself : He'd come round and we'd sort of hang out and play records to him.

  Jeff Beck, Himself : He had equipment. He had a tape recorder and all the goodies and a great record collection, mouthwatering collection.

  Jimmy Page, Himself : I had such an eclectic mix of records, even as a teenager. It was a great adventure, finding other people who might know a different chord to yours. Finding a record shop where they were importing, say, Vee-Jay records, as opposed to the Chicago movement of the 50s, the blues movement, as opposed to all the Chess catalogue. There were lots of pilgrimages involved. And all of those guitarists, from that point, we were all learnt from records.

  Jeff Beck, Himself : We used to sit there listening and go back over the solo, don't mind the song or the singer. What the hell is that going on? You know. How is this sounding like a ricochet effect? And why is it sounding so exciting?

  Jimmy Page, Himself : You wanted to see if you could play what was on it. It was quite an accomplishment to hear something that was really, really, really amazing to you, that really moved you; but, then, really actually work towards being able to play it.

  Jeff Beck, Himself : You've got a partner in crime. You've got somebody to hammer out ideas. When you've learned something that sounds reasonably impressive, you want somebody to see what they think of it.

  Jimmy Page, Himself : We were really, really keen on exactly the same things - the Gene Vincent records and Ricky Nelson records. There were always fine guitar solos by James Burton. One. the things we would ask of each other was, "What's your version of 'My Babe'?" "Okay, yeah, what's your version?" That seemed to be a sort of communal ground between most guitarists, around that time, to see how - how well other guys could cut this solo.

• Jimmy Page, Himself : Jeff would come down and he'd play me sort of first cuts of the records. And, I remember him playing "Shapes of Things" and when it came to the solo, I thought, this is the most extraordinary solo.

• Jimmy Page, Himself : The work that Jeff did in the Yardbirds was paramount importance to guitar players groups; because, he had an incredible ear and he set an amazing standard. And, also, that his technique was extraordinary as well.

• Jimmy Page, Himself : In the early days, in the Yardbirds, he was still playing with a pick. Then he developed playing without a pick. And then he - then he sort of concentrated more on the Stratocaster. And he had the guitar so fine tuned to - to every nuance. And the tonality of it, the tension of it, that he developed a style that was totally unique. And that's pretty magical.

• Jimmy Page, Himself : The good thing about guitarists is that everyones got their own character playing. You know, that - that's something which we all do understand. But, we could all go talking for hours and hours and years and years, decades and decades; but, the most important thing - the thing that you can't - you can't actually put into words, is what you actually hear in that music. And that is the key to all of this - of Jeff's playing and why Jeff is so brilliant. Because it's what he manages to convey with his guitar. So, and that, and that has to be heard to be believed.