Being Quote by Lemmy

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'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

Oddly enough, Hendrix is not my favorite guitar player. There are very few guitar players I get feeling from.

— Robin Trower

Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.

— John Mayer

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

— Michiel Huisman

I couldn't believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to…

— Eric Clapton

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 started out playing guitar because Jimi Hendrix was my hero, so my roots were really based on Jimi Hendrix and his style of…

— Joe Satriani

I learned from Jimi Hendrix. They all wanted him to do the tricks, and at the end of his career, he just wanted to…

— Prince

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

— Future

The way Hendrix plays his guitar, is the way I put in my contacts. If not better.

— Christopher Mintz Plasse