Jimi Hendrix

Rock Guitarist American 1942 – 1970

Guitar virtuoso who revolutionized rock music with innovative sound techniques.

388 quotes

"Some people feel like the rain. Some people are the rain."
Nature
"I want to be happy, and I want to make my people happy."
Happiness
"Somewhere there's a place for us that nobody's ever found."
Hope
"I just want to be free to do what I want to do."
Freedom
"Watch out for those things, those people, these whatever you want to call 'em."
Wisdom
"Man, I'm just trying to help you see the light."
Inspiration
"The time I'm spending with you is like traveling to the most exotic place in the world."
Love
"Better to burn out than to fade away."
Perseverance
"I have a request that should be the first thing everyone learns: music."
Education
"I used to think I was the smartest person in the room, and it took me many years to realize I was not."
"If it's a good day, why would you want to end it?"
Happiness
"I'm going to find another you, just in case I get lonesome."
Relationships
"The power of now is within you right now."
Power
"Music is magic. Magic is life. That's what it's all about."
Music
"Frustration will always be there, but you learn to use it as fuel."
Perseverance
"I've been imitated so well, I've heard people copy my mistakes."
Humor
"The sun is getting real low, and I need to go home soon."
Nature
"Truth is for everybody or it is not the truth."
Truth
"My name will live on forever, that's all that matters to me."
"Silence speaks the loudest sometimes."
Wisdom
"I'm a stranger here myself, and I'm learning as I go."
Life
"Be yourself, because everybody else is already taken."
"Boldness is the first step towards courage."
Courage
"Keep moving forward, even when the path is unclear."
Perseverance
"Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder and the soul of the felt."
Beauty
"Life is what you make of it, nothing more and nothing less."
Life
"The greatest love of all is freedom."
Freedom
"I'm interested in other people's thoughts, but I trust my own instincts."
Wisdom
"Work hard to achieve your dreams, and never stop dreaming."
Work
"Time is the canvas, and love is the paint."
Love