Hendrix Quotes

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Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic… — Jean-Michel Basquiat
I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing. — Ritchie Blackmore
I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything else about him… — Ritchie Blackmore
Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of those albums. — Ritchie Blackmore
Visiting my mind is like visiting the Hermes factory. Sh*t is real. You're not going to find a chink. It's 100,000 per cent Jimi Hendrix. — Kanye West
I knew Jimi (Hendrix) and I think that the best thing you could say about Jimi was: there was a person who shouldn't use drugs. — Frank Zappa
I started out playing guitar because Jimi Hendrix was my hero, so my roots were really based on Jimi Hendrix and his style of playing. — Joe Satriani
But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in… — Warren Zevon
I couldn't believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender… — Eric Clapton
People used to ask me, 'What do you reckon you'll be doing when you're 40?', and I told 'em 'rocking out and kicking ass!' Now… — Steven Tyler
You know I got kicked out of high school and I used to go to Hendrix concerts. I used to go see Marvin Gaye and… — David Cassidy
Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn't die of an overdose, he died of fame. — Keith Richards
Music really influenced me when I was growing up. I did go through a Jimi Hendrix phase. My hair was naturally quite afro, and I… — Helen McCrory
If I could hang out with Jimi Hendrix, it wouldn't be over dinner. — Slash
He was Jimi Hendrix! He didn't sound like anybody else but himself. He was like Charlie Parker in his way of playing, he played well,… — B B King
I'm the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix. — Kanye West
Jimi Hendrix isn't as good as me! — David Gilmour
Junior told me once that he was very impressed by Jimi Hendrix, by the way he was very wild, and yet he was very controlled.… — Mitch Mitchell
Hendrix was back there with a few of the others who were like my training wheels ... hearing him as a teenager taught me to… — Junior Brown
... when I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it was like a… — Eric Clapton

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