Funny Quote by Jeff Beck

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

As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.

— Lemmy

I ended up spending some time with Jimi Hendrix and hanging out with him, and that was beyond awesome.

— Cassandra Peterson

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

And in fact, one of the central reasons why I never got involved with any drugs or anything is that I remember talking to…

— Ian MacKaye

I think I always wished I could play guitar as well as Jimi Hendrix.

— Michiel Huisman

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

— Noel Redding

Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated…

— Robert Smith

I wanna be one of those special guys. Jimi Hendrix wasn't afraid of who he was. That's the part I emulate.

— Future

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

— Jeff Gutt

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

— Brian May