You know, there's a big lie in this business. The lie is that it's okay to go out in flames. But that doesn't do anybody much good. I may be wrong, but I think Hendrix was trying to come around.
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I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.
I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.
I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal.
Hendrix was big in England. We all became good friends and I am still in touch with Noel Redding.
I don't see myself as such an important guitarist.
I've heard the stories. Like, Eric Clapton said he wanted to burn his guitar when he heard Jimi Hendrix play. I never understood that because, when I went and saw a great drummer or heard one, all I wanted to do was practice.
Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come.
Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.
Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated by adults. So he represented this thing that I wanted to be. Hendrix was the first person who made me think it might be good to be a singer and a guitarist - before that I wanted to be a footballer.
Jimi Hendrix's music was escapism.
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