#hendrix

I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal. ↗

— Carl Wilson

#i #jimi #jimi hendrix #just #phenomenal

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. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#average #average person #dead #grateful #grateful dead

So to compare the Beatles, obviously the Beatles are the Beatles, but in hip-hop terms, Tribe is the Beatles. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are the Beatles. Big Daddy Kane is Jimi Hendrix. It means that much to people that grew up with it. ↗

— Michael Rapaport

#big #compare #daddy #five #flash

What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. ↗

— Patti Smith

#had #hendrix #i #jim #jimi

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

— Al Stewart

#hendrix #jimi #jimi hendrix #loud #me

Online dating,” he mumbled dryly. “Oh, like before? That makes sense then. It’s actually kind of sweet you still have each other through all this craziness.” It was like an ah-ha moment. They were gay. “I was kidding,” his eyes snapped up to mine again and flashed with annoyance. “I’m not judging you,” I quickly said. “I think it’s great. Seriously!” “We’re not gay,” he growled. “We’re brothers. ↗

— Rachel Higginson

#reagan #dating

He dreamed of amassing musicians from all over the world in Woodstock and they would sit in a field in a circle and play and play. It didn't matter what key or tempo or what melody, they would keep on playing through their discordance until they found a common language. ↗

— Patti Smith

#dreams

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. ↗

— Warren Zevon

#classical composers #composers #great #hendrix #him

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! ↗

— Geezer Butler

#bands #cream #else #everybody #everybody else

You know, there's a big lie in this business. The lie is that it's okay to go out in flames. But that doesn't do anybody much good. I may be wrong, but I think Hendrix was trying to come around. ↗

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

#around #big #business #come #flames