Jimi Hendrix quotes

“I have this one little saying, when things get too heavy just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man.”

— Jimi Hendrix

“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

“I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan.”

— Jimi Hendrix

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

— Jimi Hendrix

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

— Jimi Hendrix

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

— Jimi Hendrix

“When things get too heavy, just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man.”

— Jimi Hendrix

“All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland.”

— Jimi Hendrix

“When we go to play, you flip around and flash around and everything, and then they're not gonna see nothin' but what their eyes see. Forget about their ears.”

— Jimi Hendrix

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

— Jimi Hendrix

“If it was up to me, there wouldn't be no such thing as the establishment.”

— Jimi Hendrix

“When I played God Bless The Queen, I was wondering if they was gonna dig us, then quite naturally I'd go on and try to get it together.”

— Jimi Hendrix

“My nature just changes.”

— Jimi Hendrix

“We have time, there's no big rush.”

— Jimi Hendrix

“It all has to come from inside, though, I guess.”

— Jimi Hendrix

“You have to give people something to dream on.”

— Jimi Hendrix

“See, that's nothing but blues, that's all I'm singing about. It's today's blues.”

— Jimi Hendrix

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

— Jimi Hendrix

“Every city in the world always has a gang, a street gang, or the so-called outcasts.”

— Jimi Hendrix

“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