65 Jimi Hendrix Quotes About Love, Peace, Music, Success

James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as “arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music”. These Jimi Hendrix quotes will motivate you in life.

Best Jimi Hendrix Quotes

1. “When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.” ~ Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix quotes about peace
2. “Knowledge talks, wisdom listens.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
3. “Before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
4. “May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
5. “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.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
6. “You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

7. “Knowledge is speaking, wisdom is listening” ~ Jimi Hendrix

8. “Don’t use your brain to play it, let your feelings guide your fingers.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
9. “Technically, I’m not a guitar player, all I play is truth and emotion.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
10. “I’ve been imitated so well I’ve heard people copy my mistakes.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
11. “Music is Magic. Magic is Life” ~ Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix quotes about music

12. “Don’t waste your time thinkin’ about bad things.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

13. “I feel guilty when people say I’m the greatest on the scene. What’s good or bad doesn’t matter to me; what does matter is feeling and not feeling. If only people would take more of a true view and think in terms of feelings. Your name doesn’t mean a damn, it’s your talents and feelings that matter. You’ve got to know much more than just the technicalities of notes; you’ve got to know what goes between the notes.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
14. “In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
15. “Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
16. “Anybody can do anything, it’s up to themselves. All it takes is the right intentions.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
17. “Music is a safe kind of high.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
18. “May I love you away from the evils of today to the dreams of tomorrow, you know heaven has no sorrow.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

19. “Excuse me while I kiss the sky.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

20. “You have to use fantasy to show different sides to reality. That’s how it can bend.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
21. “Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you’ll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you’re gonna be rewarded.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
22. “I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
23. “You have to be a freak in order to be different.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
24. “Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

25. “I’m gonna put a curse on you and all your kids will be born completely naked.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

26. “We want our sound to go into the soul of the audience, and see if it can awaken some little thing in their minds… ‘Cause there are so many sleeping people.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
27. “The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.” ~ Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix quotes about love
28. “I don’t have nothing to regret at all in the past, except that I might’ve unintentionally hurt somebody else or something.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
29. “If it was up to me, there wouldn’t be no such thing as the establishment.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
30. “All I’m gonna do is just go on and do what I feel.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

31. “I think that we honor ourselves by honoring our past.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

32. “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.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
33. “Don’t let your imagination take you by surprise.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
34. “This is your life – you must die by yourself, so for heaven’s sake, live for yourself and no one else. . . .” ~ Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix quotes about life
35. “Jesus shouldn’t have died so early and then he could have got twice as much across. They killed him and then twisted so many of the best things he said. Human hands started messing it all up and now so much of religion is hogwash.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

36. “If I’m free, it’s because I’m always running.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

37. “You know you are a sweet little heart breaker, foxy lady.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
38. “The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
39. “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
40. “Happiness is within you… so unlock the chains from your heart and let yourself grow- like the sweet flower you are. I know the answer- just spread your wings and set yourself free.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
41. “Let me live my life the way I want to.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

42. “Genealogists live in the past lane.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

43. “Purple haze all in my eyes, don’t know if it’s day or night. You got me blowin’, blowin’ my mind. Is it tomorrow or just the end of time?” ~ Jimi Hendrix
44. “You have to give people something to dream on.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
45. “Oh say, can you see, it’s really such a mess. Every inch of earth is a fighting nest. Giant pencial and lipstick tube shaped things, continue to rain and cause scream and pain, and the arctic stains from silver blue to bloody red.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
46. “Now if I don’t meet you no more in this world, then I’ll, I’ll meet you in the next one, and don’t be late, don’t be late, cause I’m a voodoo chile.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
47. “I want to get up in the morning and just roll over in my bed into an indoor swimming pool. And then swim to the breakfast table.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
48. “I want to thank you my sweet darling for digging in the mud and picking me up.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

49. “With the power of soul, anything is possible.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

50. “When things get too heavy, just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
51. “My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
52. “The world is nothing but a big gimmick.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
53. “You’ve got to know much more than the mere technicalities of notes. You’ve got to know sounds and what goes between the notes.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
54. “The story of love is hello and goodbye… until we meet again.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

55. “You’re a woman, at least you taste like you are.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

56. “You have to forget about what other people say, when you’re supposed to die, or when you’re supposed to be loving. You have to forget about all these things.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
57. “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.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
58. “A girl asked me if she could comb my hair. Nobody can comb my hair, I can’t even comb my hair.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

59. “Music is my religion.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

60. “I try to use my music to move these people to act.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
61. “My sons and their wives landed on Mars to start another race.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
62. “I found myself in too much of a box situation.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
63. “It’s funny how most people love the dead, once you’re dead your made for life.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
64. “I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

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