#jimi hendrix

When I came into Metallica, I had to do justice to Cliff's work, but I also had to put my own signature on it. No one could be Cliff Burton; Cliff Burton was the Jimi Hendrix of bass. ↗

— Jason Newsted

#bass #burton #came #cliff #could

Wong Kar-Wai is a really great inspiration. He's always referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of filmmaking. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#filmmaking #great #hendrix #inspiration #jimi

And um, when I came back to England I put a very complex soundtrack on it, featuring everyone from Jimi Hendrix, right through to Neil Diamond, you know, everybody that was kind of popular who was kind of popular at that time. ↗

— Gerald Scarfe

#came #complex #diamond #england #everybody

I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with. ↗

— Mick Taylor

#both #clapton #eric #eric clapton #friends

I've been blessed. I grew up and played and worked and created with the Freddie Mercury, the Jimi Hendrix, the Keith Richards, the John Paul Jones of my generation. ↗

— Steven Adler

#blessed #created #freddie #freddie mercury #generation

I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal. ↗

— Carl Wilson

#i #jimi #jimi hendrix #just #phenomenal

I know about Woodstock probably as much as your average person who is over 30, where I'd know Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#average #average person #dead #grateful #grateful dead

I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it to my dad's music, there just seemed to be elements missing. ↗

— Dweezil Zappa

#compared #dad #dc #elements #halen

I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#always #am #artist #bob #bob marley

I watched Janis one time - we opened for her - and that's the only time I ever saw her. We opened for Jimi Hendrix. I got to stand on the side of the stage and watch him for two hours and then he died. But I got the essence before they left. ↗

— Stevie Nicks

#died #essence #ever #got #hendrix