Around Quote by 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

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

— Lemmy

Hearing Jimi Hendrix as a little kid and falling in love with everything that he did on guitar rewired my basic nature. To me,…

— Joe Satriani

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

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

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

Hendrix was a natural genius who played many beautiful styles. Talent as great as his doesn't come through life very frequently. Hendrix was one…

— Alex Lifeson

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

— Noel Redding

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

— Brian Jones

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

— Robin Trower

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

— Michiel Huisman

I've always wanted to be the best guitarist in the world, ever since I was eight years old.

— Peter Frampton