The Jimi Hendrix Experience Quotes
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A person would have to change himself in order to be a living example of what he's singing about.
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Music is Magic. Magic is Life...
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I came to join the Experience by going for an audition for Eric Burdon who was just forming the New Animals at that point, after the original Animals had broken up.
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Every city in the world always has a gang, a street gang, or the so-called outcasts.
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So you want to be married, oh baby, trying to put me on a chain, ain't that some shame? You must be losing your weak little mind.
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Telephone message on his manager's answering machine shortly before dying of heroin overdose: I need help bad, man.
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Hendrix rehearsed different drummers, before we met Mitch Mitchell.
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Little Wing is like one of these beautiful girls that come around sometimes ... you play your gig; it's the same thing as the olden days, and these beautiful girls come around.. you do actually fall in love with them because that's the only love you can have. It's not always the physical thing of "Oh, there's one over there ...", it's not one of those scenes. They actually tell you something. They release different things inside themselves ... "Little Wing" was a very sweet girl that came around that gave me her whole life and more if I wanted it.
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If I'm free, it's because I'm always running.
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Don't let your imagination take you by surprise.
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I don't have nothing to regret at all in the past, except that I might've unintentionally hurt somebody else or something.
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The smiling portrait of you is still hanging on my frowning wall.
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Please pass me the peace weed, and take some heed. Throw away all that mixed up speed.
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You know you are a sweet little heart breaker, foxy lady.
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We take our last look at the killing noise.
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I guess it would be if I wanted to, just lay back and predominantly write songs when I can't go on a stage anymore.
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You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.
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.. the Grand Ole Opry used to come on, and I used to watch that. They used to have some pretty heavy cats, heavy guitar players...
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I want to play music that draws a picture of the world and its space.
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I was trying to do too many things at the same time, which is my nature. But I was enjoying it, and I still do enjoy it.
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The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.
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Fall mountains, just don't fall on me.
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At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin.
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It all has to come from inside, though, I guess.