LED ZEPPELIN Guitarist Jimmy Page - "I'm More At Home Playing Onstage Or Writing Or Recording Music Than Talking About It"
September 30, 2008, 16 years ago
It Might Get Loud, the new documentary from Academy Award-winner Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth), received its world premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival on September 5th and will get a theatrical release next year. The film features Jimmy Page (LED ZEPPELIN), The Edge (U2) and Jack White (WHITE STRIPES).
TIFF press conference moderator George Stromboulopoulos asked Page how he got involved?
Jimmy Page: "I was fascinated by the idea, and then when I heard that Jack and the Edge were coming in, I was even more fascinated. Obviously I knew Davis' work from before this. I must say the way Davis presented it to me was quite unique. My forte is playing music. I'm more at home playing onstage or writing or recording music than talking about it. He'd obviously thought long and hard about this, and he said 'the way we're going to approach this is to record this like an audio interview. It gave us a chance to get to know each other and it broke the ice somewhat."
Stromboulopoulos: I have to get this out of the way, the elephant in the room. What is happening with the Led Zeppelin reunion, and would you consider a reunion with Jack and the Edge onstage, or as an album together?
White: "Well, I'd play drums!"
Edge: "I'd do something if the money was great [laughs]. I think that what you see over the course of the film is three individuals who share a love of music and, by the end of the film, a genuine affection. Who knows where that might go? I wouldn't want to put anything out there, but certainly there is respect there."
White: "It was about enjoying this now. I was looking at myself on film watching Jimmy play “Whole Lotta Love,” and I'm going “stop smiling.” I had such a stupid grin on my face."
Read more from the press conference here.