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Jimi Hendrix's music was escapism.
I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.
I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal.
I was the first guy to join the band with Hendrix.
I was into Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, the blues.
Jimi Hendrix was the most exciting guitarist I've ever heard.
I don't know if anybody will ever be as good as Hendrix again.
But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.
Jimi Hendrix played loud and free, Sergeant Pepper was real to me.
If I could hang out with Jimi Hendrix, it wouldn't be over dinner.
Hendrix rehearsed different drummers, before we met Mitch Mitchell.
I think I always wished I could play guitar as well as Jimi Hendrix.
I've always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix.
I just want to be an inspiration. I'm a rock star, I'm Future Hendrix.
Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.
[My favourite song is] "All Along the Watchtower." The Jimi Hendrix cover.
I started off liking uptight music and then discovered Pink Floyd and Hendrix.
It was Jimi Hendrix that I first got into when Betty Mabry turned me on to him.
I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.
I have a Stratocaster, which is part of my long, doomed ambition to become Jimi Hendrix.
I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.
I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing.
I liked the Beatles because there was so much melody. Jimi Hendrix is still one of my heroes.
I listen to country music. I listen to jazz. I listen to R&B. I listen to Jimi Hendrix a lot.
I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.
Jimi Hendrix, the Who, the Dead, Zeppelin, the Beatles - I paint to this music all of the time.
We soaked up everything from Beethoven to Chopin to Jimi Hendrix to Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan.
Jimi Hendrix's 'Electric Ladyland' and 'All Along the Watchtower,' those solos are just so cool.
Hendrix was big in England. We all became good friends and I am still in touch with Noel Redding.
Jimi Hendrix is a classic example of a player in which everything he did, it was all in his hands.
As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
I saw Jimi Hendrix - it must have been four times. And he was incomparable, and his legend lives on.
I wanted to be the greatest woman guitarist alive. I had fantasies about being a female Jimi Hendrix.
I ended up spending some time with Jimi Hendrix and hanging out with him, and that was beyond awesome.
Wong Kar-Wai is a really great inspiration. He's always referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of filmmaking.
Man, I'm the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix.
I think my deepness came from Pink Floyd. And Jimi Hendrix was my idol. I always wanted to be like him.
I wanna be one of those special guys. Jimi Hendrix wasn't afraid of who he was. That's the part I emulate.
I wanted to be Jimi Hendrix's drummer when I was in high school, but I graduated in 1970, the year he died.
Hendrix was a perfect guitarist. And that's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around.
The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis.
The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It's more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.
When I grew up, I had influences as diverse as Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix.
I guess my guitar heroes shifted from people like Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix to people like Johnny Marr or John Squire.
Jimi Hendrix was the master of live stuff. He was my inspiration to do the yo-yo, everything he did on stage was awesome.
I say I'm Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin all wrapped up into one. If I die early ... I'll be just like those guys.
Jimi Hendrix came from the blues, like me. We understood each other right away because of that. He was a great blues guitarist.
Whenever people hear that Kurt Cobain was a fan of my standup, it's like hearing Jimi Hendrix loved Buddy Hackett or something.
Jimi Hendrix once said, 'You will never hear surf music again.' Well, tonight, you will hear 'serf' music again - S-E-R-F music.