The 1956 song that changed Jimmy Page’s life forever: “I was having a go”
The song that inspired him to pick up a guitar.
From The Vault Archives: 05/2026
How a 1986 Genesis song helped Phil Collins make chart history: “I had decided to stay in the band”
“It’s a wonderful song.”
‘Quicksand’: The 1971 David Bowie song inspired by Buddhism, the occult and Nazis
Inspiration behind a rock classic.
‘Black Hole Sun’: the advice that unlocked the most defining grunge anthem of 1994
The power of intuition.
The artists Jack White wants to be remembered alongside: “I want to join their family”
Keep it in the family.
The 1990 Traveling Wilburys song that became Tom Petty’s ‘Handle With Care’: “There was a box”
The funnier side of inspiration.
The star who served as “America’s symbol to the world”, according to Frank Sinatra
A controversial icon.
The show that gave Nina Simone a nervous breakdown: “She became erratic”
“She was totally out of it”.
