I'm not a star. I'll never be a Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley or a Ray Charles. I'm just an imitator, man.… — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
I saw. I wanted to start my own store so people would know that what they were buying was real. There were… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
We're all more or less interested in the 'swinging sixties', of course, but that's not what I mean. I'm interested in the… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I say I'm Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin all wrapped up into one. If I die early ... I'll be just… — Dennis Rodman Copy Share Image
Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn't die of an overdose, he died of fame. — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
He was Jimi Hendrix! He didn't sound like anybody else but himself. He was like Charlie Parker in his way of playing,… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
People used to ask me, 'What do you reckon you'll be doing when you're 40?', and I told 'em 'rocking out and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We were into Hendrix and Cream, who were like the heaviest bands around at that time. We just wanted to be heavier… — Geezer Butler Copy Share Image
One guy can ruin an instrument. Jimi Hendrix, bless his heart - how I wish he was still around - almost inadvertently… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
I remember writing a song when I was about 15. This is the one I can remember. I know I'd been writing… — Ladyhawke Copy Share Image
I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was.… — Warren Zevon Copy Share Image
Back in those days, all us skinny white British kids were trying to look cool and sound black. And there was Hendrix,… — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
I've always loved the guitar. You see Jimi Hendrix playing the guitar with his teeth, and OK, you know you're never going… — Michelle Ryan Copy Share Image
... when I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
There are no Jerry Garcias coming down the pike, anymore than there is a Jimi Hendrix or Bob Marley. They are all… — Trey Anastasio Copy Share Image
Lauryn Hill, P-Funk, Marvin Gaye, Public Enemy - I have a very diverse palate for music. I can go from Judy Garland… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good. — Brian May Copy Share Image
I have to have music playing constantly. It creates the tone and mood for anything you are doing. I specifically love rock,… — Marisa Miller Copy Share Image
There is no creative expression of artistic value that has ever been produced by ex-drunkards and ex-drug-addicts. Who the hell would bother… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
Jimi Hendrix came on TV on this documentary and it was this African-American soulful black guy, playing an electric guitar, which I'd… — Michael Kiwanuka Copy Share Image
You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
Girlchild . . . unfolds a compelling, layered narrative told by a protagonist with a voice so fresh, original, and funny you'll… — Mameve Medwed Copy Share Image
I ended up spending some time with Jimi Hendrix and hanging out with him, and that was beyond awesome. — Cassandra Peterson Copy Share Image
Hendrix was a natural genius who played many beautiful styles. Talent as great as his doesn't come through life very frequently. Hendrix… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
I started wanting to inject more colorful chord phrasings from the music I actually grew up on, which was Hendrix, Rolling Stones,… — Bucky Pope Copy Share Image
