I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.

- Brian May

I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.

- Chadwick Boseman

I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal.

- Carl Wilson

I've always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix.

- Eddie Money

But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.

- Noel Redding

Hendrix rehearsed different drummers, before we met Mitch Mitchell.

- Noel Redding

What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison.

- Patti Smith

Jimi Hendrix's music was escapism.

- Perry Farrell