Cords Quote by Dhani Harrison

My dad has been playing guitar basically all his life. He's sort of who got me into rock music.

— Dylan Minnette

My dad is actually an amazing guitarist, and he always had an incredible record collection, which is how I discovered things like Jimi Hendrix…

— Orianthi

I feel close to people like Jimi Hendrix because I connect with his music. Not the man but what he did.

— Henry Rollins

I was into Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, the blues.

— Jeff Gutt

When I grew up, I had influences as diverse as Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix.

— Billy Squier

When I was starting my journey as a young guitar player, I was listening to The Beatles, the Stones, and all the British invasion…

— Steve Lukather

My parents were real classic rock freaks, so I heard a lot of Zeppelin, Stones, Hendrix stuff. Thankfully, they were also into lots of…

— Princess Superstar

I grew up listening to albums by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, and they all worked on that multi-layered level.

— Dave Navarro

My dad brings a deep-seated knowledge of the British folk genre, and a lot of my love for guitar playing comes from learning from…

— Joel Plaskett

Jimi Hendrix came from the blues, like me. We understood each other right away because of that. He was a great blues guitarist.

— Miles Davis

I started out playing guitar because Jimi Hendrix was my hero, so my roots were really based on Jimi Hendrix and his style of…

— Joe Satriani

The one thing that Hendrix had that is unique among extraordinary guitar players is he had songs that were on the radio. His guitar…

— Tom Morello