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> [I try to play like Jimi Hendrix is playing. Forget what instrument you're playing, forget the colloquialisms, and Just get into what you're trying to say. You can play very originally that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/i-try-to-play-like-jimi-hendrix-is-playing-forget-what-instrument-you/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

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## More by John Popper

> [When you're at a concert and you hear someone improvise well, that's special; it puts you in the moment and takes you someplace. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/when-you-re-at-a-concert-and-you-hear-someone-improvise-well-that-s/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

> [You know, technology caught up with precisely what was wrong with the way that I used food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/you-know-technology-caught-up-with-precisely-what-was-wrong-with-the/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

> [The idea is that we're always going to have a good live show, and we love to pay our music and write well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/the-idea-is-that-we-re-always-going-to-have-a-good-live-show-and-we/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

> [If you're going to be creative, you ultimately have to be in different ways because if you're going to be in the same ways,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/if-you-re-going-to-be-creative-you-ultimately-have-to-be-in-different/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

> [You know, Blues Traveler is its own thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/you-know-blues-traveler-is-its-own-thing/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

> [Throughout history, musicians have never counted on intellectual property really getting them rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/throughout-history-musicians-have-never-counted-on-intellectual/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

> [For those of us who have had the good fortune of a career in music, we feel an obligation to speak out for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/for-those-of-us-who-have-had-the-good-fortune-of-a-career-in-music-we/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

> [Working with Secondhand Serenade, I just felt like a songwriter, you know, working with another songwriter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/working-with-secondhand-serenade-i-just-felt-like-a-songwriter-you/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

> [You have a right to love firearms. And you also have a right to hate them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/you-have-a-right-to-love-firearms-and-you-also-have-a-right-to-hate/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

> [There are plenty of very different sounding bands that could be H.O.R.D.E. bands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/there-are-plenty-of-very-different-sounding-bands-that-could-be-h-o-r/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

> [We don't sound like a Mississippi Delta band, but we play what we mean, and that's the spirit of the blues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/we-don-t-sound-like-a-mississippi-delta-band-but-we-play-what-we-mean/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

> [Yeah, some people said I tried to rip off Cat Stevens and Stevie Wonder. Oh, well. I've always admired those guys. But for me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/yeah-some-people-said-i-tried-to-rip-off-cat-stevens-and-stevie/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

> [I fainted in airports twice on different occasions, because I didn't get my food right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/i-fainted-in-airports-twice-on-different-occasions-because-i-didn-t/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

> [There's a certain kind of confidence that comes with being older that you can't fake when you're young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/there-s-a-certain-kind-of-confidence-that-comes-with-being-older-that/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

> [I'm just funny enough as a comedian to know I'm not good enough to be a comedian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/i-m-just-funny-enough-as-a-comedian-to-know-i-m-not-good-enough-to-be/)

[John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/)

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