Jimi Hendrix (altered poem)
Jimi Hendrix was a figure
In Sixties rock.
He seemed so full of life and vigour
His early death was a tragedy
And gave his followers a shock.
Those were the days
When songs like 'Are You Experienced'
And 'Purple Haze'
Were popular,
And Jimi's dexterity would amaze
His fans,
He'd started quite a craze.
His sudden death
(He took too many sleeping pills)
Propelled him into immortality,
The Man became a Myth.
poem by John Thorkild Ellison
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
Related quotes
Richard Lloyd of Television is one of my favorite guitarists. His mentor was Jimi Hendrix when he was just 14. Jimi was always pounding everything he knew into that kid.
quote by Tina Weymouth
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
I also played with Jimi Hendrix. Jimi would come down and sit in with Retaliation and we would have a ball. He offered me the gig with him at 20 pounds a week, which at that point, was like 60 bucks.
quote by Aynsley Dunbar
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
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.
quote by Terry Kath
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
And um, when I came back to England I put a very complex soundtrack on it, featuring everyone from Jimi Hendrix, right through to Neil Diamond, you know, everybody that was kind of popular who was kind of popular at that time.
quote by Gerald Scarfe
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
Jam Back At The House
Jimi:
"yeah well a like i said before we only ran up a few numbers so let
Me try and do this one like we were just jammin' at the house we don't have
A name for yet it's just like an instrumental so we'll just go along with it.
It goes somthin' like this."
No lyrics. it's an insturmental like jimi said, but a great instrumental.
Jimi:
"before we go any further we'd like to say that you all really had a lot of pashents
Three days worth. you've prooved to the world what can happen with a little bit of
Love and sounds. oh, i left my girlfriend at home i'm sorry. i'd like to do a thing
That a new american anthem until we get another on together. this is called 'voodoo
Child (slight return)'.
song performed by by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
We want our sound to go into the soul of the audience, and see if it can awaken some little thing in their minds... Cause there are so many sleeping people.
quote by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Veronica Serbanoiu
Vote! | Copy!
Rock is so much fun. That's what it's all about - filling up the chest cavities and empty kneecaps and elbows.
quote by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.
quote by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Veronica Serbanoiu
Vote! | Copy!
I wish they'd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would've been straightened out.
quote by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
The Road
Sitting alone on my hotel
Looking in the mirror wondering, well,
After all this time you never thought youd still be out on the road?
Like a gypsy I was born to roam
Like a wanderer with no fixed abode
I think about the friends Ive left behind on the road
Well, the roads been rocky along the way
Its been a long, hard haul on the motorway
But if it gets too smooth its time to call it a day
(on the road)
The bed and breakfasts and the greasy spoons
(the road)
The loser bars and the noisy rooms
(the road)
The casualties who did too many lines
(the road)
Wasted talent on women and wine
I think of all the friends Ive left behind
Whenever its time to get back out on the road
Started playing blues in a coffee bar
I took a trip down charing cross road
With my imitation gretsch guitar
And my head full of songs and my eyes full of stars
I saw a band called the rolling stones
I thought, thats it, Ill get a band,
Im leaving home, Im out on the road.
The motorways all over this land
(the road)
Far away places like wigan and birmingham
(the road)
Didnt have no name, didnt have any fans
(the road)
Didnt have no money so we slept in the van
All those early gigs we ever played
Sometimes we were lucky if we even got paid
On the road
Pete played on the bass guitar
Liked to get around, mixing with all the stars
But mrs. avorys child was all fingers and thumbs
But solid as a rock, setting time on the drums
While dave the rave hit the rock n roll riffs
Yours truly strummed away with a slightly limp wrist
On the road
Everyday is when I cant get used to it
Everyday is when I cant get away
Another day, another freeway to face
Thats the road
Well, life is a road, its a motorway
And the road gets rocky along the way
But if it gets too smooth its time to call it a day
(on the road)
Jimi hendrix, the who, the led zeppelin and free
They took the road so its alright by me
Some are survivors, some are debris
If you play in a band thats the road that you take
Living in it, eating in it, sleeping in it
You wake up in the morning, what do you see?
The road
Life is a road, its a motorway
Lost a lot of good friends along the way
All the families and homes that Ive left behind
To the wives and the lovers and friends who had their time
I say, you take your road and Ill take mine.
(you take your road and Ill take mine)
You take your road and Ill take mine
(you take your road and Ill take mine)
Life is a road, its a motorway
And the road gets rocky along the way
But if it gets too smooth its time to call it a day
(on the road)
Observed all the various phases from
Flower power, heavy metal and acid rock
And still all the critics keep saying
Are they still around? when they gonna stop?
Its just the dedicated followers of fashion who like putting down
All the well respected men who came dancing and are still on the road
Sometime I get suicidal
Now everyone is a rival
Different cars, different bars and hotels
Corporations, big business and egos
When it all gets too bad I think back
When we were all each other had
When we started out on the road
And theres gas in my tank and Ive still got a way to go
Another hotel, its time to check out soon
As I look around the room
I think of all the friends Ive left behind
On the road
song performed by by Kinks
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art.
quote by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
My nature just changes.
quote by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
We have time, there's no big rush.
quote by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
Music is my religion.
quote by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
Excuse me while I kiss the sky.
quote by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
All I'm gonna do is just go on and do what I feel.
quote by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Veronica Serbanoiu
Vote! | Copy!
If I'm free, it's because I'm always running.
quote by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
It all has to come from inside, though, I guess.
quote by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
When I die, just keep playing the records.
quote by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.
quote by Jimi Hendrix
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!