Jimi Quotes

88 quotes by 78 authors

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
Jimi was a good guy 'til he got into drugs. That's the way it is. I just tell it like it is. — Dick Dale
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
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
I don't think Jimi committed suicide in the conventional way. He just decided to exit when he wanted to. — Eric Burdon
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
Nobody could understand why a guy would love his guitar, then all of a sudden turn around and try to destroy it. Jimi was just… — Bobby Womack
Jimi... He was the gov'nor and that's it. He was brilliant, wasn't he? — Ritchie Blackmore
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
So to compare the Beatles, obviously the Beatles are the Beatles, but in hip-hop terms, Tribe is the Beatles. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five… — Michael Rapaport
When I was designing, I had in mind Jimi Hendrix, and I could hardly find skinny indie black kids to wear my clothes. I remember… — Hedi Slimane
I was listening to Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd, because that was new music for me. I really hadn't been up on them. I mean,… — Will Ferrell
I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it to… — Dweezil Zappa
Jimi Hendrix played loud and free, Sergeant Pepper was real to me. — Al Stewart
Jimi Hendrix's music was escapism. — Perry Farrell

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