You've got to know much more than the mere technicalities of notes. You've got to know sounds and what goes between the notes.
Jimi HendrixPurple 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.
Jimi HendrixSometimes I do a Dylan song and it seems to fit me so right that I figure maybe I wrote it. Dylan didn’t always do it for me as a singer, not in the early days, but then I started listening to the lyrics. That sold me.
Jimi Hendrix