Black Quote by Hedi Slimane

Back in those days, all us skinny white British kids were trying to look cool and sound black. And there was Hendrix, the ultimate…

— Ronnie Wood

By that point, I was about 12, 13 years old. I was this young black kid into rock music, which was kind of strange.…

— Michael Kiwanuka

In high school I had some famously egregious fashion missteps. I was really out there in fashion, I think because I wanted attention. I…

— Busy Philipps

“Poor kids often dressed up. It was rich kids who dressed down, carefully assembling a blue-collar costume: eighty-dollar designer jeans that had been professionally…

— Joe Hill

Even as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets. I didn't want anybody's name on my backside. I…

— Matthew McConaughey

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

— Billy Squier

I've bought clothes based on record covers. Particularly from the formative music that turned me onto it in the first place when I was…

— Paul Weller

When I was really young, I had an afro and wore pressed jeans and argyle sweaters. In my teens, I moved on to ripped…

— Edward Enninful

... when I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it was like…

— Eric Clapton

In the early-'60s, when you look at that period of time - up to the mod time - when everybody was wearing skinnier suits…

— Paul Weller

Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.

— Bryan Ferry

We say, 'Wow, look at Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones. Their clothes were always so cool.' Maybe not Mick Jagger when he wore…

— Charlotte Caffey