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What does it mean?
He wants his music to inspire wild freedom and uninhibited expression after he dies.
In plain terms
When I die, I want people to play my music and do whatever they want.
What can you take from it?
Create work that inspires freedom and expression in others.

Where it applies

  • funerals
  • tributes
  • memorials

Putting it to work

  • insiring freedom
  • legacy planning
  • creative impact

Questions to consider

  • What do you want your work to do after you are gone?
  • How do you want to be remembered?

Another view

Artists cannot control how their work is received after death.

More from Jimi Hendrix

  1. The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.

    Permalink to quote #28
  2. When I die, just keep playing the records.

    Permalink to quote #30
  3. The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.

    Permalink to quote #27

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