Tom Morello Quotes

I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.

I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal.

But then there was Hendrix, man. Jimi was really the last cat to freak me. Jimi was playing all the stuff I had in my head. I couldn't believe it, when I first heard him. Man, no one can ever do what he did with a guitar. No one can ever take his place.

Excuse me while I kiss the sky.

Jimi... He was the gov'nor and that's it. He was brilliant, wasn't he?

The best thing I ever heard was in the '60s. I heard Jimi Hendrix play 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' after a rehearsal, and it was brilliant.

Jimi Hendrix came from the blues, like me. We understood each other right away because of that. He was a great blues guitarist.

For just being a black artist in rock n' roll and be able to step outside and create, and make great music. And just be different. Just a different breed. And that's what I love about Jimi Hendrix's music - the way he plays the guitar is so different. He's just an icon all around.

I think I always wished I could play guitar as well as Jimi Hendrix.

I don't think there's any music that you hear on the radio today that would be possible without Jimi Hendrix. Rock, blues-rock, heavy metal, any guitar stuff when you get right down to it - Jimi did it. He's certainly the guy who basically invented the blues-rock genre for guitar players.

Move over Rover, and let Jimi take over.

Purple Haze all in my brain, lately things don't seem the same. Actin' funny but I don't know why. 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky.

I wanted to be the greatest woman guitarist alive. I had fantasies about being a female Jimi Hendrix.

Jimi Hendrix played loud and free, Sergeant Pepper was real to me.

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.

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

My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.

I love 'Crazy Horse,' and Neil Young is one of my favorite guitar players.

Freddie Mercury inspired me when I was young.

Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of those albums.

People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.

We were into Hendrix and Cream, who were like the heaviest bands around at that time. We just wanted to be heavier than everybody else!

To this day, there's nobody, nobody that sounds like Janice Joplin.

Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.

Hendrix was big in England. We all became good friends and I am still in touch with Noel Redding.