Jimi 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
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
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
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
... 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
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
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

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