My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art.

The statement frames musicianship as a form of total identification rather than a job or even a craft: the aim is not merely to play music well, but to dissolve the boundary between self and sound. In that sense, “one with the music” suggests immersion, spontaneity, and a kind of spiritual or bodily union achieved through performance and practice. The second sentence underscores the cost of that ideal—an all-consuming dedication that organizes one’s entire life around the art. Read as a credo, it helps explain why Hendrix is often remembered not just for technical innovation but for an intensity of presence: the music is treated as the primary reality, and the self as something to be given over to it.