355 Quotes by Jimi Hendrix

The way I write things, I just write them with a clash between reality and fantasy mostly. You have to use fantasy to show different sides of reality; it's how it can bend.

And it's no war games, because they all keep the same place. But like the solar system is going through a change soon and it's going to affect the Earth in about 30 years.

I try all night to play a pretty note.

Anyway, you know good and well it would be beyond the will of God, and the grace of the King

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.

Definitely, and it's getting more spiritual. Pretty soon I believe people will have to rely on music to get some kind of peace of mind, or satisfaction, or direction, actually. More so than politics, the big ego scene. You know it's an art of words... Meaning nothing. Therefore you will have to get an earthier substance, like music or the arts.

Really I'm just an actor. The only difference between me and those cats in Hollywood is that I write my own script.

Businessmen they drink my wine, come and taste my herb.

I have to get involved in my own kind of way 'cause I always want to respect my own judgments. I have to respect my own time.