More from Jimi Hendrix
Technically, I’m not a guitar player, all I play is truth and emotion.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix As you well know, you just can’t believe everything you see and hear, can you?
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix There are too many heavy songs out nowadays. music has been getting too heavy, almost to the state of unbearable.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix It’s funny how most people love the dead, once you’re dead your made for life.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix I don’t have nothing to regret at all in the past, except that I might’ve unintentionally hurt somebody else or something.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix With the power of soul, anything is possible.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix Let me live my life the way I want to.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix Oh say, can you see, it’s really such a mess. Every inch of earth is a fighting nest. Giant pencial and lipstick tube shaped things, continue to rain and cause scream and pain, and the arctic stains from silver blue to bloody red.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix You have to give people something to dream on.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix Happiness is within you… so unlock the chains from your heart and let yourself grow- like the sweet flower you are. I know the answer- just spread your wings and set yourself free.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix The world is nothing but a big gimmick.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix This is your life – you must die by yourself, so for heaven’s sake, live for yourself and no one else.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix Excuse me while I kiss the sky.
Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix
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From our community writers
Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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Education is the single most important job of the human race.
George LucasGeorge Lucas I hope you find grace in the spaces in between your racing thoughts and melancholy – be kind to your beautiful mind.
Haley Ann WardHaley Ann Ward One of the great difficulties about being a member of a minority race is that so many kindhearted, well-meaning bores gather around to help.
Langston HughesLangston Hughes I know that my Redeemer lives. Thank God I love humanity, complexion doesn’t interest me one single a bit.
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn’t on the list of the high-achieving.
Kate WinsletKate Winslet A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the Earth And every man is free.
Langston HughesLangston Hughes There is a shrine in the temple of age, where lie forever embalmed the memories of such as have deserved well of their country and their race.
John BrownJohn Brown Racists have often used pseudoscience to justify their socially damaging views; watch these films to see how science, by replacing ignorance with knowledge, can undo that damage.
James WatsonJames Watson