Jimi Hendrix Talks Life As a Young Musician | The Dick Cavett Show

Jimi Hendrix explains what it's like growing up as a young up-and-coming musician.

Date aired - 1969 - Jimi Hendrix

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[themistoklestheodosopoulos]

In contrast to today's late night shows these older interviews are so much more tranquil. Today these shows are so high energy.

[jeffstone]

A soft-spoken, thoughtful, highly intelligent man who had barely begun to share his genius with us when he died.

[ryangillis]

I try to get up every day. Im still tryin today. Classic

[habfewufbqouwfwfcqr]

“Musicians, especially young cats, get all this money” think about all the rappers today and how relevant his talk is from 50 years ago

[williamgregory]

Imagine being in your twenties and already have a clear understanding of the world.
That’s who Jimi Hendrix was.

[prestigekngs]

Man Jimi Hendrix was the embodiment of the word “cool”. He’s a cool cat man.

[SophieLovesSunsets]

'They get fat and satisfied and they get lost and they forget about the actual talent that they have' Jimi was wise beyond his years and always so humble. That statement still stands pretty strong today. So many people let themselves go and lose themselves. Arrogance will do that. One of the many great things about Jimi Hendrix is that he seemed to have no idea how talented he actually was 🎸

[patricialambert]

So modest--so humble (until he was on stage, of course!)

[kyle]

Jimi was the first to realise people getting lost in the sauce

[MaximIl]

This is actually one of the things that made Hendrix one of the greatest guitarists ever. The fact that he never stopped thriving for more, the fact that he always saw place for improvement. It saddens me to think what great music his death deprived us of, and the horizons it deprived him of.

[angelisla]

Jimi’s voice is so relaxing, Definitely my favorite musical artist of all time, he was so humble and so intelligent, If only I could’ve seen him live.

[samanders]

He genuinely seems like the kind of guy you can sit down with a have an interesting conversation.

[nickd]

I love how people in the late 60s referred to others as "cats"

[peperoni]

They laugh about his words but they don't see how serious he is about them...

[nancybabbage]

How was this man so enlightened so young? never ceases to amaze me Jimi.

[ROCKNROLLFAN]

Jimi Hendrix was WAY WAY ahead of his time as a TALENTED guitar

[yesterdaze]

Oh, Jimi. The state of the music industry and world today would make you shed a tear. Fly high, my man. You’re certainly in a better place than this.

[primateproductions]

Man I wish he lived a longer life. He missed out on so much great music and we missed out on what would’ve been great music from him.

[olly]

Beautiful man. Beautiful soul. Beautiful music. Genius is accurate. Honest, humble, REAL.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🎸☮️

[nathanadnitt]

I love it when Jimi’s voice changes lower he has such a cool voice 2:05