Jimmy Page spoke at the Oxford Union on October 23 and talked about his career in music. You can see a video of the full talk at the bottom of this post, and our full transcript here.
The Oxford Union tweeted photos of Page’s talk along with short quotes from it:
.@JimmyPage: Electric guitar is pretty phenomenal really. It started a whole youth revolution. pic.twitter.com/APW26cLaUM
— Oxford Union (@OxfordUnion) October 23, 2017
.@JimmyPage: With the members of Led Zeppelin, we had this rehearsal and the intensity of four masters coming together changed our lives. pic.twitter.com/wn8UWI31wl
— Oxford Union (@OxfordUnion) October 23, 2017
.@JimmyPage: I made it my business to learn as much as I could about music. I viewed everything as an apprenticeship. pic.twitter.com/XhhoUZwqdc
— Oxford Union (@OxfordUnion) October 23, 2017
.@JimmyPage: I didn't want the band to get caught up in radio singles. I wanted us to be centred on being a band and developing our music. pic.twitter.com/ek6Zkgr0Rv
— Oxford Union (@OxfordUnion) October 23, 2017
.@JimmyPage: If there was a hill, we surmounted it and kept on going. We were so good, we owed it to ourselves to keep growing musically. pic.twitter.com/jbU9IG3XyS
— Oxford Union (@OxfordUnion) October 23, 2017
And attendees shared photos on social media:
@tsnotoole @JayOnrait just saw jimmy page speak at school, good 6degrees for @Engineer_Jim pic.twitter.com/feyJ5vsjmc
— Connor (@cktheking) October 23, 2017
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The Oxford Union published a video of the full talk on its YouTube channel:
Outstanding photos. Thanks so much for sharing them.
WoW! Would love to have been there! He is such a gracious and down to earth master, willing to share his life with others who are genuinely interested in music. Fantastic photos and the excitement he brings is actually palpable!
Love Jimmy Page.
Amazing, would love to of met him
The Riff Pontiff
Fabulous…& great photos. Absolutely loved Led Zep since I was 14. Saw them 1970 & 1975..brilliant decade for music