BBC Radio 4 Today programme.
Former art student millionaire (and Led Zep guitarist) Jimmy Page is also a huge fan (and owner) of Burne-Jones tapestries. The somewhat awestruck/sycophantic interviewer attempted to infer a link between the subject matter of the tapestries and the lyrics of Stairway to Heaven – a source of inspiration, perhaps?
“No“ says Page “I didn’t write the lyrics!“
No pretention there, Jimmy! Well done!
This is a great book – beautifully written. And it inspired me to write this song.
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‘New Start, New Day’ by Rowland Jones
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Upstairs at Ronnie’s was, as you might have guessed, above Ronnie Scott’s legendary club.
We shared the dressing room with Oscar Peterson . . . . . .
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‘I never practice my guitar – – from time to time I just open the case and throw some meat in.’
Wes Montgomery
An American company has its informed me that is has passed my information on to its London office, and that someone will ‘reach out to me’. Am looking forward to a visit from the legendary boys from Motown. And ‘I’ll be there . . . . ‘
‘ONLY A DEAF MAN COULD WEAR A TIE LIKE THAT! ‘
Oscar Wilde
‘Write drunk, edit sober . . .’ Ernest Hemingway
Cheers, E!
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