Jimi Hendrix

Music American 1942 – 1970 102 quotes

An American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music.

Quotes by Jimi Hendrix

I just want to be free, to do what I want to do.

Interview 1969

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Interview 1968

We’re all stars, and we all deserve to twinkle.

Interview 1970

I dig Strauss and Beethoven, anything with soul!

Interview 1967

Guitar players should build no shrine to a machine.

Interview 1969

Even Castles made of steel, would melt down before my love.

Song (Little Wing) 1967

I've been waiting so long to be where I'm going.

Song (Burning of the Midnight Lamp) 1968

To be a musician is a curse. To NOT be one is even worse.

Interview 1969

The blues is just a warm-up for the main event.

Interview 1968

I want my music to be a healing force.

Interview 1970

Life is the fire that burns our souls.

Interview 1969

Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate it.

Interview 1967

Freedom is to be free from the chains of the past.

Interview 1968

I try to use my music to create a world of peace.

Speech (Woodstock) 1969

The audience has to understand that even the devil was an angel once.

Interview 1970

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky.

Interview 1969

My goal is to be part of the solution, not the pollution.

Interview 1969

Humor is the most engaging cowardice.

Interview 1968

I don't really live on compliments. As a matter of fact, it has a way of distracting me.

Interview 1967

You have to forget about what other people say when you're trying to do something really creative.

Interview 1969