Acoustic guitar Quote by Kirk Hammett

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

I have held Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock guitar and imagined what it would be like to play it, but that's the extent of it.

— Paul Allen

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

— Lemmy

What made me want to play guitar was that painting of Wings in concert in the gatefold of Wings Over America. It looked so…

— Alan Licht

I'm the youngest of three boys, and my oldest brother was super into Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton and played guitar. I wanted to…

— Kyle Mooney

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

— Michiel Huisman

1962 to 1965, where suddenly the guitar became this icon of youth culture all over the world, thanks mostly to the Beatles. Add to…

— Pat Metheny

At first, I didn't think playing guitar was the right thing for me to do. But after seeing Jimi Hendrix on television the day…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I really wanted a guitar. As A little boy I used to tell people I was going to be a musician. They would humor…

— Steve Young

I've always loved the guitar. You see Jimi Hendrix playing the guitar with his teeth, and OK, you know you're never going to be…

— Michelle Ryan

The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It's more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.

— Carlos Santana

Jimi Hendrix is one of the main influences on why I wanted to play guitar. He really shook me. I think it was his…

— John 5