I'm re-reading Charles Shaar Murray's book "Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix and Post-War Pop." It is really one of the great books on music, culture, society, politics; pretty much everything all rolled into one dense, intelligent statement.
At the center of it, is James Marshall Hendrix. Supreme musician. "If I'm free, it's because I'm always running." - J. Hendrix
Of course, as we all find out... no one is really free. But I'm sure when he was on stage, with a guitar in his hands, he got as close as one can possibly be...