Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

24 quotes

American guitarist Jimi Hendrix has a gift for language that makes complex ideas feel instantly clear. With equal ease, Jimi Hendrix moved between Music and Love, finding connections others missed. Our collection holds 41 quotes from Jimi Hendrix, each offering a different angle on Music, Love, Time, Life, and Nature. To get a sense of their style, try: "The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar."

“Music is my religion.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Music

All Quotes by Jimi Hendrix

“You don't have to be singing about love all the time in order to give love to the people. You don't have to keep flashing those words all the time.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Love

“My nature just changes.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Nature

“I was trying to do too many things at the same time, which is my nature. But I was enjoying it, and I still do enjoy it.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Nature

“It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you are dead, you are made for life.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Funny

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

— Jimi Hendrix

Life

“Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Imagination

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Love

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

— Jimi Hendrix

Music

“Music is a safe kind of high.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Music

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

— Jimi Hendrix

Music

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

— Jimi Hendrix

Love

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

— Jimi Hendrix

Art

“I wish they'd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would've been straightened out.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Good

“The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Music

“We have time, there's no big rush.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Time

“I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Pet

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Knowledge

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

— Jimi Hendrix

Music

“Music is my religion.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Music

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

— Jimi Hendrix

Music