Jimi Hendrix

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James Marshall Hendrix (27 November 1942 – 18 September 1970) American guitarist, singer, and songwriter; born Johnny Allen Hendrix, but renamed by his father in infancy, he is usually referred to as "Jimi" Hendrix.

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• Purple haze, all in my brain
  Lately things just don't seem the same,
  Acting funny, but I don't know why,
  'Scuse me while I kiss the sky.
  • "Purple Haze", Are You Experienced? (1967)
  • See also wikipedia on Purple Haze.
  • kiss the sky is often misheard by listeners as kiss this guy (see wikipedia mondegreen). In one live version Hendrix does clearly sing kiss that guy.

• You got me blowin, blowin my mind,
  Is it tomorrow or the end of time?
  • "Purple Haze", Are You Experienced? (1967)

• We’ll hold hands and then we’ll watch the sunrise
  From the bottom of the sea
  But first, are you experienced?
  Uh-have you ever been experienced?
  • "Are You Experienced?", Are You Experienced? (1967)

• Have you ever been experienced?
  Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful.
  • "Are You Experienced?", Are You Experienced? (1967)

• White collar conservative flashin down the street,
  Pointing that plastic finger at me,
  Hoping soon my kind will drop and die,
  But I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.
  • "If 6 was 9", Axis: Bold as Love (1967)

• castles made of sand, fall in the sea, eventually
  • "Castles Made Of Sand", Axis: Bold as Love (1967)

• I used to live in a room full of mirrors,
  All I could see was me.
  Then I take my spirit and I smash my mirrors,
  And now the whole world is here for me to see,
  Now I'm searching for my love to be.
  • "Room Full Of Mirrors", Rainbow Bridge (1971)

Attributed

• Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.

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

• 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.

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

• If I'm free, it's because I'm always running.

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

• It's funny how most people love the dead. Once you're dead, you're made for life.
  • Variant: It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you're dead, you're made for life.

• Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

• Music is a safe type of high. It's more the way it was supposed to be. That's where highness came, I guess, from anyway. It's nothing but rhythm and motion.

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

• Rock is so much fun. That's what it's all about— filling up the chest cavities and empty kneecaps and elbows.

• Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded.

• The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.

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

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

• When I die, just keep playing the records.

• When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

• With the power of soul anything is possible.

• 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. You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.

External links

• Brief bio

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