Jimi Quotes
88 quotes by 78 authors
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn't die of an overdose, he died of fame.
— Keith Richards
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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
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If I could hang out with Jimi Hendrix, it wouldn't be over dinner.
— Slash
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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
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I'm the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix.
— Kanye West
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Jimi Hendrix isn't as good as me!
— David Gilmour
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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
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... 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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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
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Jimi Hendrix could play better than our best guys and he did it while he was dancing while being completely outrageous.
— David Crosby
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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
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Jimi Hendrix was the most exciting guitarist I've ever heard.
— Brian Jones
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... 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
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... 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
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