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Hendrix Quotes by Patti Smith
- In 1974, when I started working with the material that became 'Horses,' a lot of our great voices had died. We'd lost Jimi Hendrix and…
- Music television is all about the media-oriented version of what it is to be a rock star; it's not about what Bob Dylan or Jimi…
- What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to…
- I refuse to believe that Hendrix had the last possessed hand, that Joplin had the last drunken throat, that Morrison had the last enlightened mind.
More Hendrix Quotes
- Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I… — 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… — Ritchie Blackmore
- Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of… — 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… — Kanye West
- I knew Jimi (Hendrix) and I think that the best thing you could say about Jimi was: there was a person who… — Frank Zappa
- I started out playing guitar because Jimi Hendrix was my hero, so my roots were really based on Jimi Hendrix and his… — Joe Satriani
- But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the… — 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… — 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… — Steven Tyler
- You know I got kicked out of high school and I used to go to Hendrix concerts. I used to go see… — 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