First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.

Angels cry because they want to experience what you and I feel: the moment. They live in eternity. They dont know what it is like to read a newspaper and get ink on your fingers. They dont know what it is like to take your shoes off and wiggle your toes under the dinner table.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

There is more value in placing a flower in a rifle barrel than making war. As Jimi Hendrix used to say, musical notes have more importance than bullets.

You're always cursing, you're always praying and you're always making love. It ain't do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.

Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.

The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It's more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.