Psychology Quote by Naveen Andrews

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

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

— Michiel Huisman

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

— Cassandra Peterson

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 also played with Jimi Hendrix. Jimi would come down and sit in with Retaliation and we would have a ball. He offered me…

— Aynsley Dunbar

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

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 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

I feel close to people like Jimi Hendrix because I connect with his music. Not the man but what he did.

— Henry Rollins

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

Jimi Hendrix was just so fluid. His hands were connected to his soul, you know? His playing was just so emotional. You could feel…

— Lenny Kravitz

Jimi Hendrix was the most exciting guitarist I've ever heard.

— Brian Jones