Top 180 Jimi Hendrix Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Music is my religion.”

— Jimi Hendrix

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2. “Music is a safe kind of high.”

— Jimi Hendrix

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

— Jimi Hendrix

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4. “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”

— Jimi Hendrix

5. “Excuse me while I kiss the sky.”

— Jimi Hendrix

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6. “If I’m free, it’s because I’m always running.”

— Jimi Hendrix

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

— Jimi Hendrix

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8. “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

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9. “Let me live my life the way I want to.”

— Jimi Hendrix

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10. “Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.”

— Jimi Hendrix

11. “Music is Magic. Magic is Life.”

— Jimi Hendrix

12. “You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.”

— Jimi Hendrix

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13. “Are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced?”

— Jimi Hendrix

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

— Jimi Hendrix

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15. “May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future.”

— Jimi Hendrix

16. “With the power of soul, anything is possible.”

— Jimi Hendrix

17. “I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes.”

— Jimi Hendrix

18. “Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts. Don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.”

— Jimi Hendrix

19. “Music is going to break the way because music is in a spiritual thing of its own. It’s like the waves of the ocean. You can’t just cut out the perfect wave and take it home with you.”

— Jimi Hendrix

20. “Good and evil lay side by side.”

— Jimi Hendrix

21. “In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.”

— Jimi Hendrix

22. “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

23. “Butterflies and zebras And moonbeams and fairy tales That’s all she ever thinks about Riding with the wind.”

— Jimi Hendrix

24. “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.”

— Jimi Hendrix

25. “When I die, just keep playing the records.”

— Jimi Hendrix

26. “When I’m sad, she comes to me with a thousand smiles.”

— Jimi Hendrix

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

— Jimi Hendrix

28. “And so castles made of sand slips into the sea, eventually...”

— Jimi Hendrix

29. “As you well know, you just can’t believe everything you see and hear, can you?”

— Jimi Hendrix

30. “Will the wind ever remember the names it has blown in the past? And with its crutch, its old age, and its wisdom, it whispers no this will be the last.”

— Jimi Hendrix

31. “Well I stand up next to a mountain, and I chop it down with the edge of my hand.”

— Jimi Hendrix

32. “Have you ever been experienced? Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful.”

— Jimi Hendrix

33. “May I love you away from the evils of today to the dreams of tomorrow, you know heaven has no sorrow.”

— Jimi Hendrix

34. “Life is Quicker Than a Blink of an Eye.”

— Jimi Hendrix

35. “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

36. “All I’m gonna do is just go on and do what I feel.”

— Jimi Hendrix

37. “Sometimes music comes across to me just when I am sitting around doing nothing, and then the music makes me think of a few words I might have written.”

— Jimi Hendrix

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

— Jimi Hendrix

39. “The world is nothing but a big gimmick.”

— Jimi Hendrix

40. “You’re not the only one accused of hit and run. Tire tracks all across my back, well I can see you’ve had your fun.”

— Jimi Hendrix

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41. “A broom is drearily sweeping up the broken pieces of yesterday’s life.”

— Jimi Hendrix

42. “To be with the others, you have to have your hair short and wear ties. So we’re trying to make a third world happen, you know what I mean?”

— Jimi Hendrix

43. “Manic depression’s touching my soul. I know what I want, but I just don’t know how to go about getting it.”

— Jimi Hendrix

44. “White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I’m gonna wave my freak flag high.”

— Jimi Hendrix

45. “I want to thank you my sweet darling for digging in the mud and picking me up.”

— Jimi Hendrix

46. “We have time, there’s no big rush.”

— Jimi Hendrix

47. “I’d like to get something together – like a Handel, Bach, Muddy waters, flamenco type of thing. If I could get that sound, I’d be happy.”

— Jimi Hendrix

48. “Drifting, On a sea of forgotten teardrops, On a lifeboat, Sailing for Your love.”

— Jimi Hendrix

49. “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

50. “Music is the most important thing. I’m thinking of my future. There has to be something new, and I want to be part of it. I want to lead an orchestra with excellent musicians. I want to play music which draws pictures of the world and its space.”

— Jimi Hendrix