Jimmy Page Puts a Damper on Led Zeppelin Reunion Talk

Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones recently did an over-the-phone interview with Rolling Stone Magazine recently and offered these gems:

"With Led Zeppelin, it has always been that mystique of how the music is done – how it works, why it works. The closer you can get in on that and the more lingering it is, the better." - Jimmy

Feeling after the show,"[I felt] really high. That's the truth. It was a serious test, and we passed it, all of us. And we had an extraordinary communion on the stage. That's alive and well when you see it." - Jimmy

"We always had that interaction but nobody could see it, because the lighting wasn't there. I remember [director] Dick (Carruthers)  saying in one of the early meetings, 'I'm going to need 14 cameras.' Everybody went, 'What?' It paid off."

"The thing about Led Zeppelin was that it was always four musicians at the top of their game, but they could play like a band. Even in the first couple of rehearsal days, running up to the O2, we were playing pretty good. But we really wanted to shine as a band. I wanted people to feel, 'They're taking this seriously." - Jimmy

"And I have to tell you, the rehearsals were all quite different, so much in that Zeppelin spirit and character. You get the urgency of that night, but also the determination that was in rehearsal." - Jimmy

"When I move house, I never look back at the house and go, 'Oh, that's the last moment I'll see there.' I always move forward." - John Paul Jones when asked about reunion

"That's a good answer, I think if there had been any more concerts to be done, we'd already be talking about them. So I don't see it. [Celebration Day] is a testament to what we did in 2007. There it is." - Jimmy

You can read the whole piece from Rolling Stone here:

Rolling Stone: Jimmy Page & John Paul Jones on Celebration Day