Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here

A lot of people believe what other people say.

I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.

If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.

Hard times don't necessarily mean being poor all the time. I've known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that's as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.

He was Jimi Hendrix! He didn't sound like anybody else but himself. He was like Charlie Parker in his way of playing, he played well, he was a person that made waves. When you heard Jimi Hendrix you knew it was Jimi Hendrix, he introduced himself in his instrument... You know, many radio stations play records and a lot of the times they don't call out the names who you just listened to, but when they play Jimi Hendrix, you don't have to tell me, [you know] it's Jimi Hendrix.

I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.