. . . something dark about it in certain places that maybe Hendrix was too honest to hide. . . . Hendrix has the allure of the tragic figure: We all wish we were genius enough to die before we're twenty-eight. People want to paint him as this lonely, shy figure who managed to let himself open up on the stage and play straight colors through the crowd. There's something heroic about it, but there's nothing human about it. Everybody is so caught up in the otherworldliness of Jimi Hendrix. I prefer to think about his human side. . . . when I listen to Hendrix, I just hear a man, and that's . . .

Back

More