#hendrix

I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#always #am #artist #bob #bob marley

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

— John Mayer

#become #defined #failure #guitarist #hendrix

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. ↗

— Jason Newsted

#bass #burton #came #cliff #could

Hendrix rehearsed different drummers, before we met Mitch Mitchell. ↗

— Noel Redding

#different #drummers #hendrix #met #mitch

We had no sleep or days off or anything like that and then, when the band became big, Hendrix became a star and looked down at us lot. ↗

— Noel Redding

#band #became #big #days #down

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

— Gus Van Sant

#filmmaking #great #hendrix #inspiration #jimi

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

— Mick Taylor

#both #clapton #eric #eric clapton #friends

I've always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix. ↗

— Eddie Money

#blues #hendrix #i #janis #janis joplin

How did he keep playing when money got really tight, and there was no more food in the house? How did he play on when it became clear he was flunking out of school? Was music really enough when the whole world seemed to be collapsing around him? Or was it just the only thing left? ↗

— Antony John

#music #food

You don’t remember?” Hendrix asked with narrowed eyes. “Then we’ll talk about it later. I’ll help you remember.” His voice was smooth sex appeal as it washed over my body and I shivered involuntarily. ↗

— Rachel Higginson

#reagan #love