Noel Redding

“After Jimi died, I just went back to the country and tried to have a normal life.”

“I played guitar before I played bass, so I've always thought of it in a different way.”

“There were a lot of drugs. We were all doing them. That was the scene.”

“The money situation was ridiculous. By the end, I was broke.”

“I quit The Experience because I wasn't happy with the way things were going. The communication had broken down.”

“Jimi and I were mates. We were friends. All we wanted to do was play and get a buzz.”

“It was an amazing three years, but it was also very, very intense.”

“The music industry is a beast. It chews you up and spits you out.”

“When I came to America, I was really into all the things people are sometimes ashamed of. I was really into processed cheese, and White Castle hamburgers.”

“We played in front of 30 people or 300,000 people. It didn't make any difference.”

“It was quite funny, really. I'd never played bass before. I was a guitarist.”

“People forget that we were just young kids. We were just 20, 21.”