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Jimi The night before Jimi Hendrix died he wrote these last words in a song called “The Story of Life”: “The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye The story of love is hello and goodbye Until we meet again...” It was no secret that Jimi Hendrix was a great musician. It was also no secret that Jimi Hendrix was a very troubled individual. Throughout much of his life Jimi was a victim of depression. Jimi Hendrix used music as a way to relax and channel his negative energy; this is evident in his lyrics. One song that stands out is “Manic Depression.” By comparing and contrasting Sigmund Freud’s and Carl Rogers’s theories of personality and applying it to the song “Manic Depression”, one could explain why Jimi Hendrix was experiencing depression in his song. Jimi Hendrix was born Johnny Allen Hendrix at 10:15 in the morning on November 27th, 1945 in Seattle, Washington. Jimi grew up listening to his father’s record collection. It wasn’t difficult for his father to see that Jimi was obsessed with his records and on his16th birthday, Jimi’s father bought him his first guitar. Jimi’s most famous band, “The Jimi Hendrix Experience” was formed in 1966 and they soon came out with th