Jimi Hendrix Quotes about Music

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

Music is Magic. Magic is Life

Technically, I'm not a guitar player, all I play is truth and emotion.

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

Don't use your brain to play it, let your feelings guide your fingers.

Anybody can do anything, it's up to themselves. All it takes is the right intentions.

I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes.

Music is a safe kind of high.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

I wouldn't say that I'm the greatest guitarist ever. I'd say probably that I'm the greatest guitarist sitting in this chair.

I'm gonna put a curse on you and all your kids will be born completely naked.

The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.

You have to give people something to dream on.

Music is going to break the way because music is in a spiritual thing of its own. It's like the waves of the ocean. You can't just cut out the perfect wave and take it home with you.

Music is my religion.

Definitely, and it's getting more spiritual. Pretty soon I believe people will have to rely on music to get some kind of peace of mind, or satisfaction, or direction, actually. More so than politics, the big ego scene. You know it's an art of words... Meaning nothing. Therefore you will have to get an earthier substance, like music or the arts.

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.

My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art.

When I die, I want people to play my music, go wild and freak out and do anything they want to do.

Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music.

I try to use my music to move these people to act.

My own thing is in my head. I hear sounds and if I don't get them together nobody else will.

... with Voodoo Child somebody was filming when we started doing that. We did that about three times because they wanted to film us in the studio, to make us (imitates a pompous voice) 'make it look like you're recording boys' - one of them scenes, you know, so okey, let's play this and then we went into Voodoo Child

I want to play music that draws a picture of the world and its space.

I'd like to get something together - like a Handel, Bach, Muddy waters, flamenco type of thing. If I could get that sound, I'd be happy