Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page - June 1963 interview

Recently rediscovered in the ITV Channel Television archives and unseen for over 50 years, this interview from June 1963 sees a (then unknown) 19 year old Jimmy Page in Guernsey, Channel Islands.
Jimmy discusses his artwork, his music and how he would like to eventually finance his art through his guitar playing!
The interviewer is writer, Royston Ellis.

[@TheOicyu812]

I hope he succeeds in financing his art through his guitar playing.

[@Ste88til2]

Yea, the young fellow is playing guitar to get by

[@ysfkfnd]

Pray for him, fellas. Every hard worker artist, with little experience, deserves a chance.

[@Ste88til2]

Boleskeine

[@38Achilles]

I have spent my entire life at his go fund me page.

[@emilyt.587]

me, too. crossing my fingers!!

[@shagwellington]

"I had the feel for it" is a very humble way of saying he was better than everyone else so they had to let him in. My favorite rocker of all time.

[@samilasousa2039]

👏👏👏 o meu rockeiro favorito Também !

[@Mike-bp2hh]

Definitely my favorite guitarist

[@user-on8io2wq2b]

I agree. A very humble way of saying it. Not all talented people are big headed show offs.

[@amye9190]

God, he was so endearing even as a 19 year old. A natural charm, combined with those "smiling" eyes... I'm not even mentioning the talent. It's monstrous that some people have so much going for them. It's not fair. I can't help but adore him.

[@alexnelson9512]

Some people seem to be born to be wealthy and or famous. Even from an early age, they are destined for great things far more than the vast majority of us. There is something esoteric or occult about this apparent luck.

[@heatherdollich7145]

Yes! I love Jimmy Page❤ I also love ur comment about his "smiling" eyes! That's something I've always noticed about him. He is amazing!

[@covidioten1400]

You can just see he’s confident but at the same time he has the right amount of humility. More of these kind of guitarists please.

[@rosakami65]

You're so right. Jimmy is not just some try hard guitar god. He's the realest of the real and he doesn't need to prove it to you. That's the power he has as a legendary guitar player

[@covidioten1400]

Rosa Kami Exactly!🎸

[@Buelligan88]

Looks like his plans didn't pan out. Still stuck with the same job after all these years.

[@AllardAPage]

+Buelligan88 Must suck to get stuck in that rut -- not!

[@Sasketchejuana_man]

You could say that he did in fact "support his art by playing guitar". His entire vision for zeppelin, the artwork, the entire brand & image was a work or art. It was his guitar playing (among other things) that propelled that.

[@rickleblanc8900]

What a sad life that must be.....

[@danrowley6934]

@Mdmchannel So, when's his art career taking off? 56 yrs. of making a little scratch to buy his art supplies not enough? Talk about giving your life for your art(s).

[@danrowley6934]

@Mdmchannel Under 18 maybe 21 you're asking for trouble. Even then, I'd get a copy of their birth certificate &, not or, but a copy of their drivers license. Have an assistant with you at all times, female & run a background check. One accusation & you're screwed for life. Her word will trump yours. Unless you like courting the possibility of going to prison.

[@mezzetin1]

Nineteen. Incredible composure for that age. Watch him here and even today, the man is the essence of composure.

[@UlyssesM]

Watch Jodie Foster's teen interviews.

[@lukebuchwald9252]

Haley Joel Osment spoke like a Nobel Prize winner when he was only 10 years old --- go watch his interviews

[@samilasousa2039]

Concordo plenamente! Tão jovem e já mostra a que veio!

[@luciabenedetti3893]

@@lukebuchwald9252 Sì, però poi non ha fatto più niente, zero. Jimmy è diventato invece uno dei più grandi al mondo 🤫

[@robphilpott43]

Bloody hell, he’d only been playing four years at this stage. Talk about natural talent...

[@pdutube]

He was 19 years old in this video!

[@bloozedaddy]

A lot of what you learn on an instrument takes place in the first 2-3 years. After that it's nuance stuff like phrasing and developing a sound. One wonders what guys like hendrix and page would've done musically had Jim Marshall not developed that rather large loud crunchy amp. Totally took guitar in another direction.

[@Boblobblaw88]

He was playing when he was a child. Look up 'little Jimmy Page". He had a TV appearance as a child.

[@russellbrown1068]

Hendrix picked up the guitar at 14. It’s a gift, givin by the hand of God. Jimmy and Jimi were both givin it.

[@bloozedaddy]

@Chris Rife I've gigged with people in bands who get to a certain talent level then "boom"... they hit the Titanium Wall... never to advance any further. 👍

[@grahamblack1961]

Even at that age you can see the self assurance.

[@rickleblanc8900]

He knew he was good. As a session guitarist, he had to be! Good thing he made the acquaintance of John Paul Jones along the way!

[@MH-qy5hh]

4 years after picking up the guitar he becomes one of the most sought after session musicians.... that's a god given talent!

[@lennysrubber_boots1908]

No, that's just called soul selling

[@yoohooo-bu5ur]

It was a lie.

[@cmsmhp]

@@yoohooo-bu5ur He actually first picked up a guitar in 1956...but he did leave secondary school in 1959 to pursue music, so that probably is the time from which he's counting here.

[@pinkled4429]

​@@lennysrubber_boots1908 and I'm Batman

[@coldacre]

there's a video of him playing guitar on TV 6 years earlier, so he'd been playing for at least 7

[@andresgalviz315]

exactly ten years later he was in madison square garden playing one of the best concerts ever!!!

[@garzascreek]

_later_

[@missdee4927]

Yes! Legendary! His backstage smile after it melted my heart.

[@BeatleRick84]

On top of the world 10 years later 🤟🏼

[@jerrkyd]

I love how Page said it was disappointing to work with the big names of show business because they don't live up to his expectations. It shows he's a perfectionist. Boy did we reap the benefits of that.

[@SmelOdies]

There’s a recent interview on here where a reporter brought those words back to him and he got irritated. If anyone is reading this and can link me to it, I’d appreciate it.

[@Charliefalke]

​@@SmelOdies kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zmero3ypq8mgn7c

[@SmelOdies]

@@Charliefalke Thanks so much, Charlotte! I was looking for that.

[@bb-li7bv]

@@SmelOdies There is s link then?I'm asking because I can't see one and I would like to see it.

[@dug3569]

The old saying -never meet your heroes

[@whb1959]

I got to meet Jimmy a while back . It was in a Hotel Lobby and i saw him sitting there all alone ...Everyone else just walked by him , didn't even know who he was . So I got up the courage to go and say hello . He was waiting for his ride ..And i was waiting for mine . We talked for around 10 or 12 minutes , the nicest guy ya ever want to meet . Not at all put out that I came up to him . He asked me what my favorite of his work was ,,,And I said that's hard one I like it all ...But two area's really stand out to me ... his work with the Yardbirds , and his acoustic work ..He found that interesting .. I felt honored

[@MsJen092391]

You are so lucky!!!!! 😭😭😭

[@johnnyb9218]

If I had a dollar for every story like this...

[@timhoovermusicman]

@@johnnyb9218 you'd have spent it already

[@peterbartolomeo5542]

Lucky 🐕!!!!!

[@bontrent2723]

I work at one of the main Art galleries in London. Last year we had an evening function, with Jimmy Page as guest of honour. I reached out my hand and we shook. I told him I`d been a huge fan since the seventies, he said "good man". The most charming man you could ever wish to meet.

[@theartfuldodger935]

A very intelligent young man with just the right amount of cheek. You can tell that he's going places.

[@mattiemclean9882]

We dont hear much about his art tho!

[@ayhamshaheed7740]

The Artful Dodger as we can see in the future, he has become a very accomplished painter after leaving his guitar in 196-

[@moisesgonzalez1285]

True....Robert Plant as well he is very well spoken.

[@waynej2608]

A gig at the Ricky Tick, awaits him, in the not so distant future.

[@robertacolarette1594]

That smile is so charming. You know he’s being just a little bit cheeky. And he knows it too. How does someone that young have such poise?

[@marciashiraishi5891]

Intelligent, beautiful, charismatic, enlightened. Predestined to success. The greatest guitarist of all time. The most beautiful songs, the best solos, the most incredible riffs in rock history. James Patrick Page. That's the guy!

[@bconni2]

great guitarist. but also dishonest in his plagiarism of others work. look it up

[@luciabenedetti3893]

@@bconni2 se ti riferisci a Stairway to Heaven è stato assolto in appello che non c'è stato plagio.

[@luciabenedetti3893]

@@johnzenkin1344 👍👍

[@bconni2]

@@LimleyGilbert i never said he wasn't a great musician. we all know his talent is off the charts. but he fell victim to the temptation of success. he stole a lot of work. this is a fact.

[@bconni2]

@@LimleyGilbert you sound like an apologists or an attorney. either way, he stole others work. great musician who stole music.

[@adammartin7007]

"We do one night stands all over England..." Ain't that the truth.

[@jerryjazzbo2845]

All over England, and everywhere else they toured. Hammer of the Gods.

[@kf5541]

🤣

[@AlecBaldwin5816]

Hi. There's no way that Jimmy Page is 100% English or close. Has some type of Asian thing going on there.

[@EuphoriaPiana]

@@AlecBaldwin5816 You are MUCH more likely t find this phenotype in Africa than in Europe, especially in the southern part, i.e. Nelson Mandela. Jimmy Page most likely has black or African roots (based on his hair texture, among other his other physical features) rather than Far East Asian ancestry.

[@heliotropezzz333]

@@EuphoriaPiana His mother is of Irish descent. Thick black hair combined with pale skin are very Irish features. He has his mother's eyes www.reddit.com/r/LedZeppelinCirclejerk/comments/gho5vr/til_elon_musk_is_jimmy_pages_mom/ Jimmy's Dad www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/538250592955128668/

[@cheshirecat7849]

"Yes, I hope to finance my art with the guitar." LOLOLOL Oh, if only he had known . . .

[@MsAppassionata]

Dr. Bombay 🙄🙄🙄

[@gatolocoverga152]

Yes He became a millonaire.

[@THEREALSHRED]

He succeeded. Through his guitar playing, he put forth his "art" of majik! Right James???

[@garygriffin2726]

His art is his guitar play

[@MerkinMuffly]

Page disappointed because big stars "don't come up to how you expect them to be" Old beyond his years.

[@joeyb4ever]

At 19, no less.

[@deanhallett6815]

Or just a cocky little bugger? You choose.

[@SunnyD420]

@@deanhallett6815 That may be, but that's probably what made him a good lead guitarist

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

could be. could be he just had inside knowledge on who was really writing the songs for the beatles and things like that. i wonder if that's jimmy playing lead on day tripper. sounds like him.

[@GaryStockton]

I met him once at a meet and greet at Hollywood Bowl. He was one of the nicest people I have ever met, really wanted to make a personal connection, even noticed I had a British accent and wanted to know where I grew up. He’s very down to earth.

[@WholeLottaJimmy]

He speaks so intelligently at such a young age, not something you see much these days unfortunately

[@xashxeirex]

he has the most sweetest smile ever.

[@UlyssesM]

Same smile all these years

[@6000cs]

While polite, his demeanor also has a playful smirk that seems to say "in a few years I'll be blowing the doors off this place professionally, and have a drummer and manager behind me that will pound anyone that gets the wrong idea."

[@avocate2017]

+6000cs I agree. He was polite, sweet, and soft-spoken, yet there was an undeniable playfulness and confidence that the rest of the world would later get to see, especially when he took the stage.

[@rickleblanc8900]

Oh ya, right here he looked like a altar boy, all sweet and innocent. Later came superstardom and total decadence! Bastard!

[@MsAppassionata]

Rick Leblanc Lol. Jealous much?

[@v-town1980]

@Rick, I believe you meant LUCKY bastard!

[@bearcb]

And a frontman with the best voice in rock history.

[@sarahkharatzadeh9292]

The same smile that Jimmy always has with him, perfect and attractive

[@leokimvideo]

Definitely a Rocker, never a Mod.

[@angelp.5431]

oh my Jimmy Page you're definitely adorable.

[@ajaypoudel9659]

Jimmy Page is one of the man, who was 100% sure of what he was doing, look at his confidence man, it's something very very rare like a jem.

[@s.marcarter52]

yeah all who knew him or have known him said the same thing...along with the fact that he worked VERY hard to develop his skills and knowledge....and to this day is known as the ultra professional and quality standards hard worker...he apparently can't help himsself....that'w what got them the Atlantic Records greatest contract EVER ....JPP...his reputation as a complete professional...and well, to this day no one has ever bitched otherwise especially Atlantic...he has brought in 1/3 of their gross income over time...Ertegun said that and when he said the greatest male singer/performer to him was Ray Charles....and female Aretha....he then said the greatest band was Led Zep and greatest musician he'd ever experienced was Jimmy Page...that tells ya something right there...from the head of Atlantic

[@robertacolarette1594]

S. Mar Carter Great story. I love it. Thanks for sharing that.

[@jamesthe-doctor8981]

Yes, and he was only 16 or 17 here, making his name as a session musician while still basically a boy. Every biography about his life reads that any band would have loved to have him, even at that age. Once you hear in this interview that he was mainly using his abilities on the guitar to further his career as a non-musical artist, his relatively short stint in The Yardbirds exposes it as really a stepping stone on his way to where he envisioned himself. When his first choice of singer turned him down and recommended Plant, Robert brought Bonzo with him, and when Chris Dreja quit to be a photographer, but recommended John Paul Jones, the beginning of an amazing history began. Jones was every bit as good as anyone, having played sessions before even Jimmy had. I think he was the only one with a music degree, as well, but I could be wrong. One thing that usually is ignored about Led Zeppelin is Page’s wizardry in the studio. He invented techniques back then that are still being used today.

[@heliotropezzz333]

@@jamesthe-doctor8981 He left the Yardbirds because it was breaking up. I don't think he had a music degree because he said himself he didn't know how to read music when he first started playing as a session musician and I think he taught himself how when he realised it would help to be able to do that. There's a great series of interviews about him with a drummer called Bobby Graham who worked with him in those early days. The are really interesting. Here's the first part (It says 1 of6 but there were only 5 parts with the last part being called 'final' rather than part 5). kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2rbZa2EgM6EfdE

[@jamesthe-doctor8981]

@@heliotropezzz333 thank you.

[@extenebrislux]

So cheeky and cute! Ugh, I can't even... *swoon*

[@CineSolutions]

incredible. it's hilarious that such a nice and respectable young man, so soft-spoken, should become the creator of the most important and influential hard rock band in history. It's hard not to fall in love with him and be so deeply inspired by his life and achievements.

[@adrinathegreat3095]

When you come from an upper middle class family and at high school you were dedicating yourself to becoming a research biologist.. It's hardly surprising he speaks like this

[@dahawk8574]

This clip could be edited with his Huw Weldon interview from a few years earlier where he says his goal is to become a cancer researcher. Cure cancer, or create Led Zeppelin? I think the world is much better because of the path he chose. Is that cruel of me to say this? Maybe. But we will all die, one way or another. Yet Led Zeppelin achieved music immortality. Jimmy reached Valhalla, bringing us the hammer of the gods... in the form of his electric guitar.

[@darthazua]

Hard to believe this young man re-write rock n' roll music and invented many new genre also influenced many musicians today. Genius.

[@luisjeremyramossotil5650]

I don't think he invented hard-blues rock, Hendrix probably invented that.

[@darthazua]

@@luisjeremyramossotil5650 Yes, Hendrix is the greatest guitar player ever but pls never underestimate London blues or blue eye blues music scene. British invasion simply wiped out Tennesse. The Yardbirds shows how the new blues should be sounds like. Kudos to the holy trinity Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Paige.

[@luisjeremyramossotil5650]

​@@darthazua Before The Yardbirds there were The Beatles (Beat Music) and The Rolling Stones (Rhythm and Blues) who also played British R&B of various influences during the height of the British Invasion. But obviously I agree that The Yardbirds were the ones who best represented british blues during that time.

[@YimingSunBC]

Oh his smile~~~ So sweet

[@joethelion6016]

Jimmy Page hoping to finance his art through the guitar. How wonderful. We're all very grateful he stuck with the guitar. Phenomenal player.

[@triciajohansen7124]

His parents were too!!!!!

[@Moon646464]

"Yeah -- I hope to finance my art playing the guitar." bless him

[@mode1charlie170]

The force is strong with this one......

[@antennastoheaven]

Jimmy with short hairs... Now I saw everything

[@DarkJedi246]

Robert Ravic It was the standard in the early 20th century until about the mid 60's, so it's not a big suprise. He also had short hair in the late 90s.

[@dortega12]

He had short hair from 1997 to 2006 too....

[@rickleblanc8900]

@Interstellar Overdrive yes, combed hair.. Wth ? I like the messed up, disheveled, dirty ass hair look better.

[@bobpress1235]

yeah, and those arent even the short ones!

[@AD-kv9kj]

Yea, wait until you see his pubes.

[@Head318Hunter]

At 0:36 that look he gives after his jab at the "old boys needing the work". He's so proud of himself hahaha so awesome!! I'm so glad he chose music over art. Something tells me we've all received much more enjoyment out of him choosing music.

[@ahrimanic7]

He didn’t say “like” once. Like, totally.

[@johnsinclair6170]

Jeffrey Moore Reading that makes me want to eliminate the word from my vocabulary. A bit of a lightning bolt moment for me.

[@andrewptob]

He said “uh” instead. People use verbal fillers, “like” or otherwise. 🤷🏻

[@Essexgeezer]

Hearing ‘like’ incessantly makes me want to get away from a person.I can’t listen and in my view completely invalidates anything interesting they may have already said.

[@andrewptob]

Andrew Cheek Yeah, it annoys me, too. 👍

[@beerborn]

The only race that uses the word "like" a lot in their vocabulary are the Mexicans here in the US.

[@jennifervalentine3596]

Brilliant genius, gorgeous and talented - it’s like he’s The Chosen One.

[@jkalifa]

Interviewer: How is it like to work with big names? JP: "Disappointing". This is where you know this "sweet boy" is a special breed indeed.

[@AS-fn3qk]

It's funny cause that is the same for me when I met him, It was disappointing cause I expected him to be a bit more friendly

[@klausrain111]

"Disappointing. Yeah, they're a bunch of over-sexed drug addicts and they can't even play. They use my parts and don't give me credit. I'll show them one day! See, I know this drummer, Bonzo, who's a little rough around the edges, but he's got potential. Then I know this singer from the North named Robert Plant who might work out except he can't hit the high notes and he has terrible hair. He'll be bald by the time he's 25, and he's too shy to sing by himself. He loves women, I think, but he hates the idea of being chased by a crazed crowd of them. He doesn't know how to fight them, he wonders if he should punch them or scratch and bite.

[@ajaypoudel9659]

yup very very rare

[@MsAppassionata]

AS Maybe he was having a bad day. Who knows? I think it also depends on how and when you chose to approach him.

[@JooJooShrimp]

@@AS-fn3qk damn i've always heard the opposite

[@reflect916]

It's crazy to think that this is the kid that created Stairway To Heaven, Kashmir, Whole Lotta Love, Since I've been loving you and all the other masterpieces.

[@brianjoyce9040]

His ‘art’ became his guitar. Pure artistry

[@user-rs2ej9ye8j]

Успех Led Zeppelin обусловлен наличием в ней добрых и позитивных личностей, таких как Джимми Пейдж.

[@Alex-ve3it]

I can tell this kid might go somewhere. He’s got some potential

[@Alex-ve3it]

Chris Porter ha I’ve seen you around in random KZbin comments that’s funny

[@chrisbradley1192]

"What is it like working with some of the really big names of show business?" "Disappointing." That's how high his standards were even then.

[@markedwards7721]

He clearly recognizes that his musical ability is already beyond that of most recording stars, yet at this moment he has not yet reached the point of total commitment to it (does not see how to monetize it is my guess)

[@montag4516]

It's just being realistic. There's an old saying "Never meet your heroes", you'll be disappointed to find they are flawed as all humans are, to some degree or another.

[@DeepsongProductions]

@@montag4516 Absolutely...

[@plasmichoneytrip]

He was disappointed with his musical idols so he became one instead and beat them all. Nice!

[@MrPook79]

Quo Bad Tangient - one of the 9 dumbasses with no concept of musical reality

[@vracan]

Yo Quo Bad Tangient ---I say YOU are the worlds greatest plagiarist for brainlessly repeating what other losers have said a million times already without actual facts or any musical awareness. Yes yes part of stairway intro was done before them bla bla bla who cares? They took it and did it better and brought it to completely another level. And I have news for you, ALL music is plagiarised to some level. There are only 7 notes(actually 11) in a scale all combinations were fulfilled few centuries ago. Music is especially about " feel", and not just the actual hard coded notes on a notation sheet. Page definitely had that special unique feel that no other had! If you think Page is plagiarism, what would you call music being produced today with all the copy/paste they do now. Alot of them don't even bother actually re-playing the the riff on an instrument but just literally copy sections in pre-recorded music using software.

[@morehmeir9906]

Its not plagiarised simply because the notes change not long after the beginning. This happens now days in music where a song changes a note. There was one I heard recently that sounds much like Iris from Goo Goo dolls.

[@MerkinMuffly]

The courts didn't think so

[@marendenison3550]

At this point in time, Robert Plant and John Bonham were still rowdy high school teens, and John Paul Jones was still playing the church organ.

[@bagdadaladin8672]

Bloody organs playing

[@NorsePJ]

Every young boy starts out playing the organ.

[@missdee4927]

that's why on that lame ass jealous news report I saw about Led Zeppelin on their plane you see JPJ playing the organ while everyone is dancing.

[@TacomaPaul]

"I hope to finance my art..." Hope that worked out for ya, Jimmy ! ;-) Dammit I love that guy. Got to see Zep in '73, '75 and '77... all Seattle. Then Plant/Page a few times in Seattle and Tacoma.

[@questionblock8949]

he ended up doing his art *with* his guitar

[@horse69outside]

I was looking for this comment. Ain't that the truth though.

[@sherylannnarvasa6922]

@@horse69outside, Me too.

[@lukebuchwald9252]

Most kids are brainwashed in school to think art only involved a canvas or a piece of paper --- it's when we get older that we see art in a lot of things --- music, movies, architecture, literature, and fashion

[@MGB618]

4 years of learning and been a session guitarist for 18 months, that’s simply unreal. Jimmy must had been a master guitarist in his previous life.

[@coldacre]

its also a lie. he's playing live in 1957 on a TV show

[@RockChick63174]

​@@coldacrethat wasn't what he said.

[@grethelcastro5670]

What lovely guy! I'm in love with him

[@srslywhatever]

I love this little sass towards the end. Ohh, how I love this guy and how does this piece of history not have more views? I wish I was friends with him back then (or when we was a Yardbird or in Zeppelin or now...) ugh

[@davidjoel5606]

Beautiful - the Young James Page! So able and articulate. So much promise. A defining element of the guitar, Rock music and music in general. Thank you Jimmy Page for all you have given the world!!!

[@sebastianfibes2126]

The most talented, sophisticated, academic, innovative and greates rock guitarist ever.

[@angelp.5431]

Oh my his voice is something else. attractive to be honest

[@myworstenemy680]

His studio work with Zeppelin was ahead of its' time imo. The way he takes multiple harmony tracks and makes them sound like one guitar is amazing(if that makes sense?).

[@MsAppassionata]

MyworstEnemy He admits that he learned his way around a studio early on by doing session work.

[@nkmcfrln]

From the first time that I went to see The Song Remains The Same I recognized that the shoes that Jimmy was wearing on stage were a style from the 50's or early 60's. Later on I discovered that Jimmy wore these shoes, along with the rest of Neil Christian and the Crusaders, when he was a member of the band.

[@iamremmie]

Yep, never forget your roots :)

[@MsAppassionata]

nkmcfrln Lol. Why are you looking at his shoes? That would have been the last thing I would have noticed about him.

[@MerkinMuffly]

Ha, amazing discovery.

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

It's cool to see icons who may look "old" to many young eyes, but footage like this shows us all that we were all once spring chickens finding our way in this wide crazy world.

[@TMNigel]

This is rare. Thanks for the upload. From choir boy to biological researcher to master artist to connoisseur of earthly delights!

[@twj1964]

Whoa. Thanks to whomever for putting that tape reel on a shelf somewhere and not allowing it to be stolen by the skells. Speaking for the LZ fans, thank you.

[@AleisterCrowley.]

Only when you go beyond conscious mind can you realise this man’s genius. My favourite guitarist, and artist, of all time.

[@alexkx8599]

I understand he owned your house for a while there? I wonder if anyone will build it back again since it burned down a few years ago, huh?

[@AleisterCrowley.]

@@alexkx8599 It's ok for you to necro a 2 month old comment for your own satisfaction, no one is judging you for that. In terms of house, as I believe is your intention well, I guess that is for others to decide for themselves.

[@alexkx8599]

@@AleisterCrowley. Oookaaaay.

[@sto620]

Charming and well-spoken with a great smile. Turned out to be quite talented too!

[@joeyaerosmith]

best guitarist ever ! :)

[@faeryquene]

I was 4 months old when Jimmy gave this interview lol! He's always had the most beautiful smile. He was gorgeous then and is gorgeous now too. Thanks for sharing! :)

[@markrainford1219]

Must be here for the same reason. I was 3 months old lol.

[@faeryquene]

mark rainford :)

[@humanspider4740]

+mark rainford I was -41

[@bluesque9687]

My mom was 6 years old... this is from way back!!

[@BrentMFisher]

I was 5 months in the womb. my mum told me when I was 43 that she was raped by my father (her husband) and that's how I was conceived - kimie

[@ladyvader2648]

He was soooo handsome! *swoons* 😍

[@ludabooze]

That’s the attitude of someone that’s destined to succeed. He sees far more than what the best can offer right in front of him. He was born to be the best.

[@zenbabaloo1931]

To quote Warren Zevon, "His hair was perfect."

[@MsAppassionata]

zen babaloo Ahh oooh! 😁

[@ksr9t]

At Trader Vics

[@estebanposadaduque6415]

.... just like David Bowie's + Bryan Ferry ...very English indeed ...

[@lukebuchwald9252]

I'd like to meet his tailor, too!

[@markhastings236]

Thank God he changed his mind and stuck with the guitar

[@KRUSTYskates]

only playing guitar for 4 years and he became a session guitarist? incredible

[@Johnny6666]

+KRUSTYskates That probably speaks to the limitations of existing session players at the time, rather than any virtuosity on Page's part. Most of the older session stalwarts couldn't really understand or relate to younger musicians (or pop/rock music), which came to dominate the charts from this time on (i.e. 1963). No doubt Page was truly gifted, but he also filled a gap - offering studious and reliable musicianship, but with immediate experience in the emerging youth culture.

[@jonnysongs]

+Bubblez Beano Very astute comment.

[@AnalogOpher]

KRUSTYskates Well, being a session guitarist in 1963 London was not quite the same as being a session player in ,2017 Nashville....It was MUCH less demanding. Page often talks about how it was basically him and Big Jim Sullivan doing most of the session work in London! Rock was new and producers who were clueless about it were just thrilled let him do as he willed so long as he gave them that new and strange vibe all the kids were crazy about. Kind of like the high tech bubble in the mid 1990s...He wouldn't have lasted a day in today's session world. But the who gives a fuck. Session shit is boring and Page is s god.

[@jimusgrimus]

Gifted....Clapton didn't start until he was 15 I read......Hendrix about the same........

[@ArtHoward]

He never says it directly, but I read the guy who invited him into session work was someone who recognized him at the Marquee who had lived on the same street when they were children. This is also how Johnny Carson got his first job at CBS/Los Angeles in the `50's.

[@karenpato1]

People tend to forget he was a pro musician long before The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin was not "just" Page's formed supergroup in 1968 to compete with Jeff Beck...it was Jimmy Page's coming out party. He paid his dues long enough. He was around as long as The Beatles and Rolling Stones, now he wanted some of that fame and fortune.

[@UlyssesM]

Yup. So was Jonesy

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

I don't know if his intentions were 'competing' with Jeff Beck, but he learned some things from Beck for sure. Being a pro musician doesn't guarantee you doing creative musical things, in fact it's possibly the best way to not doing it. So, Page was a well seasoned guitar player before The Yardbirds, and nothing more special than that. But he was ambitious, and that's his biggest credit. He didn't want to play for others, like the usual impersonal 'pro musician' in sessions, but he took some things from Beck and he started doing the same kind of thing when the original Yardbirds disbanded. He did THAT, just listen to Little Games, the last Yardbirds album, listen to Truth, first Jeff Beck album... But anyway, there's always a fanboy thinking that his idols were born knowing everything and being geniuses... but 'genius' doesn't exist, hard work, motivation and copying the best it's part of the formula to succeed, appart from luck

[@Frip36]

No one forgets. You just like saying "people tend to forget" to make yourself sound more informed than everybody else. I normal person would have just said "he was a session musician before..."

[@karenpato1]

@@Frip36 ...good for you...weird flex, but OK.

[@Frip36]

@@karenpato1 I've become a very angry person in the last 3 years. I'm sorry.

[@vladimirmylnikov8259]

lovely. Mr Jimmy Page is so vibrant and funny and cool. nothing matter after this. thanks for posting this gem.

[@juliestrauss5988]

Did you hear that? He wants to finance his art busking around London. God you're adorable !!

[@sratus]

Julie Strauss Being a session player is not busking

[@juliestrauss5988]

TrainInVain I know just playing!!!

[@sealion311]

This was a great interview...a window to his teen years and what he was thinking at the time. I liked when he said ..playing with the big names of the time was disappointing, I am not sure ..which were those big names, but it takes guts to say it so openly.

[@healingypsy]

gosh, he always had a very charming cheeky charisma

[@RodAzlan]

Great interview and a real piece of history. Love that fresh perspective and attitude :)

[@pauldalkie8366]

Brilliant Interview, he comes across as an honest and forthright young man.

[@marioahu5000]

What a nice smile.

[@Greeneyedhaze]

A charming intellectual since the early days

[@emmapage637]

It's kind of stressful how attractive he was/is...

[@collj86]

Emma Page are you related? I just watched two interviews of him. He seems to have a lot of female admirers I’m jealous lol

[@tomsenick2033p]

Stressful? , How did'd you come up with that?

[@martintaper7997]

It's called youth.

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

Attractive? Now he looks like a Japanese old lady then like a Mongolian boy .

[@michaeld9682]

@@vintagepipesnightmares lol!

[@elainemclaughlin841]

He's so stinking shy and cute !!! 😍 I'm so glad he stuck with the guitar!! ❤️

[@jjconc]

Polite handsome talented young man becomes polite handsome talented older man. The rest is history!

[@rdsieben]

A very handsome man in his early years

[@SaraSouley]

He is handsome !! ♥

[@grethelcastro5670]

Yeah! I think the same!

[@MsAppassionata]

Sara Souley Me three. 😉

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

Sara Souley OH YES SORRY IM SHOUTING BUT OH HELL YES😂😂😂

[@SaraSouley]

@@tiffanycurtis4794 😂😂😂, 5 years after, he's still handsome for me

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

@@SaraSouley He Is Aging Like Fine Jack Daniels🤣🤣❤😘

[@DropAnchor1978]

It is so interesting seeing this at a time when Zeppelin would not form for a good five years. The Beatles were still a new band!

[@kso110]

Omg what a sweetheart😍

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

Jimmy had been playing for just FOUR YEARS and was getting session gigs!!!

[@GradyPhilpott]

That's really an astounding accomplishment.

[@TheMerryPup]

I _know!_ I'm still trying to wrap my head around that.

[@patrickjunger8706]

Problem is that it's just not true. He's been on TV 6 years earlier playing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6ixfZR4nbWFj5o So it's slightly less depressing :D

[@marywhite7341]

Jimmy so cute here. He is a musical 🎶 genius and a gentleman. The best 🎸 player and song wŕiter in the world. I loved him as a girl ❤

[@brianstoltz2838]

Love his honesty in talking about his disappointment over the stars.

[@richardbarton8685]

And the next thing ya know he's one of the greatest rock blues guitarist's in the world in the greatest rock/blues band ever! Amazing...

[@joaopedronascimento1559]

Does someone would imagine this boy jimmy being the best guitar man in the world? This life is full of surprises.

[@angelramondiaz7720]

I love that little segment he shows great confidense here at very early pre stages of the possible idea of the whole zep creation that will later become a reality. Thats amazing had genius then awesome jimmy page the best.

[@kcdebris913]

This guy is going places!

[@tedhawthorne5102]

You can tell Jimmy was intelligent and already had a grasp of how the music business worked, adding to why Zeppelin did so well. Being extremely talented and business wise to the game.

[@greypilgrim6157]

Even at 19 years old you can see the attitude of complete honesty when giving his opinion is there. He has never been one to follow the script or say the expected thing. His sometimes biting criticism is something that caused him to be disliked by those on the receiving end of it at times. But I admire him for it. I mean what is the point of asking questions or giving opinions if everyone just gives safe, basically dishonest, answers? We need more honesty like this. And people just need to get over themselves and accept criticism for what it is, which is an opportunity for self-reflection and transformation. This aspect is just one of the reasons that man is my favorite musician.

[@werkmsa1806]

What a cute kid he was! 😀

[@luciabenedetti3893]

È vero! Era veramente carino con il sorriso birbante che di già ammaliava. Adorabile Jimmy 😍😍

[@dido6676]

@@luciabenedetti3893 evviva, un commento in italiano!!! Grande Lucia!! E grande Jimmy. Ciao.

[@luciabenedetti3893]

@@dido6676 👍

[@monicapushkin3274]

This is absolutely phenomenal, never seen this clip before.

[@_osvaldo___5529]

jimmy page, before his final form.

[@marendenison3550]

In the days of my youth, I was told what it was to be a man. Now I've reached that age I've tried to do all those things the best I can. No matter how I try, I find my way into the same old jam...

[@Sasketchejuana_man]

You could say that he did in fact "support his art by playing guitar". His entire vision for zeppelin, the artwork, the entire brand & image was a work or art. It was his guitar playing (among other things) that propelled that.

[@boataxe4605]

Well, Hipgnosis did the artwork but Page had the final say.

[@cazulu3]

Two and a half years in and he's a session guitarist. No wander he is such a prodigious guitarist.

[@nathueil1]

You can just see how brilliant he was then, 6yrs later the world would know what a genuis wizard he was of manipulating and harnessing sounds, tones, frequencies and other wonders of emotion into the form of Led Zeppelin!🤘

[@prayingmantis6777]

He has such a happy face and smile. I hope he has a bright future ahead...