Addict Quote by Lars von Trier

The cliché of that sort of wasted, renegade, drugged-out musician of the '70s is kind of dead and gone now. And I suppose that…

— Chrissie Hynde

“Stop saying drug use makes people lazy. Jimi Hendrix did a lot of drugs, even though he's been dead for forty years, he's still…

— Bill Maher

I think a guy who's had just the right amount of booze can sing the blues a hell of a lot better than a…

— Charlie Rich

I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.

— LL Cool J

Hendrix is one of the most revolutionary figures in today's pop culture, musically and sociologically.

— Frank Zappa

When drugs came around I sampled them just like anybody else but I never became dependent creatively on drugs; like various cartoonists in the…

— Bill Griffith

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 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

I think anything that you put your life's energy into becomes part of your identity. It would be difficult for the Rolling Stones to…

— Jim Bridwell

My band's motto is 'Yngwie or the highway.' Do you think Leonardo Da Vinci allowed someone who came later to add to his paintings?…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I've never had access to another person's art and work or, particularly, someone who is as prolific and was able to externalize his interior…

— Brett Morgen

At first, Hendrix went and became a superstar in London, but if he walked past the Apollo in Harlem, no one would know who…

— Nayvadius Cash