Hendrix Quotes

Maybe it's egocentric or whatever, but when I'm playing Beethoven, Bach, Hendrix, or whoever it is, in the end, it just feels like my own music and I'm making it up as I'm going along.

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

Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.

I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.

When I came into Metallica, I had to do justice to Cliff's work, but I also had to put my own signature on it. No one could be Cliff Burton; Cliff Burton was the Jimi Hendrix of bass.

Jimi Hendrix played loud and free, Sergeant Pepper was real to me.

I know about Woodstock probably as much as your average person who is over 30, where I'd know Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead.

I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with.

The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It's more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.

We were into Hendrix and Cream, who were like the heaviest bands around at that time. We just wanted to be heavier than everybody else!

But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.

Wong Kar-Wai is a really great inspiration. He's always referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of filmmaking.

I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.