Jimi Hendrix quotes are unique in nature: sometimes they are inspiring and sometimes they are a little crazy. Jimi Hendrix was unique in an unique 1960s generation – that takes a lot of work to do. Hendrix is well known for being the front man of cultural change in America.

He was birthed in Seattle, WA in the early 1940s. The era was WWII and the world was in turmoil in so many ways. Coming out of that time was an American baby boom, where men came home from the war to have children and get their lives started. These same babies born into a cookie-cutter world would be the same agents of change for generations to come and Jimi Hendrix got a few years start on them.

Jimi Hendrix was known for his wild antics on stage – even so much so that even music lovers in the early 60s shied away from his style of playing. His guitar playing was unparalleled. It was revolutionary and though American’s did not take to him immediately, Europe did and that is where he spent several years playing music. It was not long though that home was calling him back, and soon, he was entertaining a generation of passionate people who would stop at nothing for change. The baby boomers and Jimi Hendrix are synonyms, almost in every way.

One of the most well known Jimi Hendrix quotes is, “”I try to use my music to move these people to act.” And act they did.

He was one of the most memorable acts from the biggest free concert ever to be held – Woodstock in 1969. The national anthem was performed mid song and helped identify the patriotism for USA and the change that that generation was seeking.

This is why Hendrix was so influential: he understood a thought and a people. Very few musicians can boast his level of passion and influence he had for music and its fans.

Jimi Hendrix quotes are not always serious, sometimes, they are really odd. “I’m a Voodoo Child, Voodoo child. Lord knows I’m a Voodoo Child,” Hendrix sang. No one exactly knows why he sang it, but he did.

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