Any Quote by Ian MacKaye

I was the first guy to join the band with Hendrix.

— Noel Redding

I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.

— Brian May

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

— Jeff Gutt

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…

— Frank Zappa

After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.

— Jeff Beck

In 1967, I was 21, and the only guy I knew in London was Neville Chester, a roadie who worked with the Who. I…

— Motorhead

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

I'm pretty sure I was about the only kid in school who knew who Jimi Hendrix even was. Through my older siblings, I was…

— Joe Satriani

I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how…

— Warren Zevon

I'd put a lot of work into playing guitar and was thinking I was pretty damn good. But Hendrix came along and destroyed everyone.

— Brian May

Hendrix was a perfect guitarist. And that's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around.

— Syd Barrett

We had no sleep or days off or anything like that and then, when the band became big, Hendrix became a star and looked…

— Noel Redding