January 25, 2012
hellokristen: abbys-road: “Well,” said Jimmy Page, turning to the visiting writer. “What do you want to know?” I wanted to say “everything.” As a fledgling journalist still working at a record store, I’d fought for the opportunity to cover Led Zeppelin for the L.A. Times. The band had provided the soundtrack for my own adolescence, but I kept that to myself. I had a notebook full of questions, and as our interview progressed, Page and Plant seemed to warm from their notoriously press-wary stance. In the coming years, they would invite me to tour with them. We conducted innumerable interviews. Not many journalists were ever offered a front-row seat to the Zeppelin experience, and years later my files are still bulging with volumes of transcripts and passionately-scribbled notes I can barely read. Article written by Cameron Crowe Luckiest man alive and once again, Cameron’s the reason why I was a journalism major.  

hellokristen:

abbys-road:

“Well,” said Jimmy Page, turning to the visiting writer. “What do you want to know?” I wanted to say “everything.” As a fledgling journalist still working at a record store, I’d fought for the opportunity to cover Led Zeppelin for the L.A. Times. The band had provided the soundtrack for my own adolescence, but I kept that to myself. I had a notebook full of questions, and as our interview progressed, Page and Plant seemed to warm from their notoriously press-wary stance. In the coming years, they would invite me to tour with them. We conducted innumerable interviews. Not many journalists were ever offered a front-row seat to the Zeppelin experience, and years later my files are still bulging with volumes of transcripts and passionately-scribbled notes I can barely read.

Article written by Cameron Crowe

Luckiest man alive and once again, Cameron’s the reason why I was a journalism major.  

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