Song of himself

“I am what I am”, says Jimi Hendrix, the psychedelic god, on the radio. He remembers the colors of his mother’s night dress, a memory that he thought he once destroyed. He confesses his addiction to drugs, to guitar, to sex, to everything. He tells a story about a dilemma which he faced a couple of years ago…he left a girl pregnant, and had to choose whether to keep the baby or not…The girl did what he wanted, but he doesn’t remember the decision that he took, just the dilemma itself. The DJ asks Jimi to say something for the fans, and the rockstar says with a low lusty voice: ”Love me for my spirit, praise me for my music”.