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Jimi Hendrix

Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music.

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Jimi Hendrix is describing how performing music gives him an intense, euphoric feeling similar to a drug-induced high. He emphasizes that this powerful attraction to music feels almost like an addiction, showing how deeply it affects him emotionally and physically.

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