Hendrix Quotes

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The only thing I ever really wanted was a Strat .. I started playing guitar after seeing Jimi Hendrix on TV the day he died...then… — Yngwie Malmsteen
Jimi Hendrix could play better than our best guys and he did it while he was dancing while being completely outrageous. — David Crosby
I did several shows with Jimi Hendrix, that's when I got to know him better, I knew of him, I met him [when he was… — B B King
Back in those days, all us skinny white British kids were trying to look cool and sound black. And there was Hendrix, the ultimate in… — Ronnie Wood
Jimi Hendrix was the most exciting guitarist I've ever heard. — Brian Jones
... you watch Jimi Hendrix literally reinvent the instrument. He was playing from somewhere else. He was really a kind of hybrid, and I can't… — Steve Vai
... I always use the Jeff Beck model. Jeff Beck is just a genius, and he keeps getting better ... If there's anybody in your… — Joe Satriani
I'm going to be a superstar musician, kill myself, and go out in a flame of glory. I want to be rich and famous and… — Kurt Cobain
Ive always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix. — Eddie Money
Richard Lloyd of Television is one of my favorite guitarists. His mentor was Jimi Hendrix when he was just 14. Jimi was always pounding everything… — Tina Weymouth
I've been blessed. I grew up and played and worked and created with the Freddie Mercury, the Jimi Hendrix, the Keith Richards, the John Paul… — Steven Adler
After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life. — Jeff Beck
But then there was Hendrix, man. Jimi was really the last cat to freak me. Jimi was playing all the stuff I had in my… — Terry Kath
QBert is pretty much the Jimi Hendrix of DJing. He is so far advanced. So far ahead of everybody else. He's like Yoda! Like the… — DJ Jazzy Jeff
I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist. — Little Richard
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. I'm doing a… — Jaco Pastorius
We had no sleep or days off or anything like that and then, when the band became big, Hendrix became a star and looked down… — Noel Redding
The best thing I ever heard was in the '60s. I heard Jimi Hendrix play 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' after a rehearsal, and… — Roy Wood
When you heard Jimi Hendrix, you knew it was Jimi Hendrix. He introduced himself with his instrument. His attack to a guitar man, was, oh,… — B B King
My greatest influence is Jimi Hendrix, and if he's been reincarnated, or if he's looking down, sideways, or looking up, I just wanted to tell… — Meshell Ndegeocello

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