Hendrix

Somemusic that Idon'ttaketoinmodernorchestral stuff just seems to be trying to do something with an orchestrathat Jimi Hendrixcould dosomuch better with an electric guitar and a fuzzbox.Why create a hideous sound with violas when they were made to sound melodious and agreeable?

—Costello, Elvis real name Declan Patrick McManus

What seems to pass for guitar more and more now is some wimp with a fuzz box. Somewhere around Hendrix, the line was crossed.Hendrix had both: he had the hands and he had the fuzz box. Now all they have is the fuzz box.

—Pop, Iggy