Jimi Hendrix

I can visualize the future, and I can hear the sounds of it. I can hear the music of tomorrow. It’s like a combination of classical, blues, and even some Indian music. It’s a whole new thing.

Music is a spiritual thing, you know. You don’t play with music. If you play with music, you’re just going to get yourself all messed up.

I wish I could make a sound that would make people's hair stand on end, you know, just like, 'Whoa!'

I’m the one that has to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.

I don't think I'm a star. I'm just a musician.

I don't even know if I'm going to be alive tomorrow. So I'm just going to go ahead and live today the best I can.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

I'm not trying to please anybody. I'm just playing my music.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

You have to be a freak in order to be a god.

I used to want to be a cowboy, but then I grew up and realized that was just a myth.

I don't think there's any such thing as a mistake. It's just a learning experience.

Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with the brush of sound.

I'm gonna be a musician until I die. I'm not gonna be a rock star. I'm just gonna be a musician.

You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.

I don't want to be a Jimi Hendrix. I want to be myself.

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

I'm not saying I'm better than anybody. I'm just saying I'm different.

It's funny how people can be so afraid of change.

I wish I could play like Jeff Beck.