Quotes by Richie Havens

Richie Havens

Everything I want to do, and to accomplish, is on the other side of the universe. That’s peace of mind, energy, freedom. And I’m making myself ready to go, joyfully and willingly. I think I’m ready to be everybody’s friend, and to do anything for anybody. It’s heavy.

Energy

Mind

Thinking

I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could just hear something and play it.

Believe

Father

Player

I believe we have a double in every country. There’s something about that that is probably a commonness that we don’t make note of. That maybe there’s only a cast for so many faces, and we live everywhere.

Believe

Country

Faces

I came up in Brooklyn singing doo-wop music from the time I was 13 to the time I was 20. That music served a purpose of keeping a lot of people out of trouble, and also it was a passport from one neighborhood to another.

People

Purpose

Singing

I don’t get sick. I can’t afford to get sick.

Havens

I Can

Sick

I eat once a day if I remember, and I try never to go to sleep.

Remember

Sleep

Trying

I must have played every college and university at least three times, and that goes for most of the clubs. I’d be on the road six days a week, go home and change bags, and then be gone for another six days.

College

Home

Three

I opened the Woodstock Festival even though I was supposed to be fifth. I said, ‘What am I doing here? No, no, not me, not first!’ I had to go on stage because there was no one else to go on first – the concert was already two-and-a-half hours late.

Goes On

Half

Two

I remember the first time I was booked into a jazz club. I was scared to death. I’m not a jazz artist. So I got to the club and spotted this big poster saying, ‘Richie Havens, folk jazz artist.’ Then I’d go to a rock club and I’m billed as a ‘folk rock performer’ and in the blues clubs I’d be a ‘folk blues entertainer.’

Artist

Clubs

Rocks

I saw the Village as a place you could escape to, to express yourself. When I first went there, I wrote and performed poetry. Then I drew portraits for a couple of years. It took a while before I thought about picking up a guitar.

Couple

Guitar

Years

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Half

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Heaven

Hippie

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Moved

Nine

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Peaceful

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Quotes by Richie Havens

Richie Havens

Everything I want to do, and to accomplish, is on the other side of the universe. That’s peace of mind, energy, freedom. And I’m making myself ready to go, joyfully and willingly. I think I’m ready to be everybody’s friend, and to do anything for anybody. It’s heavy.

I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could just hear something and play it.

I believe we have a double in every country. There’s something about that that is probably a commonness that we don’t make note of. That maybe there’s only a cast for so many faces, and we live everywhere.

I came up in Brooklyn singing doo-wop music from the time I was 13 to the time I was 20. That music served a purpose of keeping a lot of people out of trouble, and also it was a passport from one neighborhood to another.

I don’t get sick. I can’t afford to get sick.

I eat once a day if I remember, and I try never to go to sleep.

I must have played every college and university at least three times, and that goes for most of the clubs. I’d be on the road six days a week, go home and change bags, and then be gone for another six days.

I opened the Woodstock Festival even though I was supposed to be fifth. I said, ‘What am I doing here? No, no, not me, not first!’ I had to go on stage because there was no one else to go on first – the concert was already two-and-a-half hours late.

I saw the Village as a place you could escape to, to express yourself. When I first went there, I wrote and performed poetry. Then I drew portraits for a couple of years. It took a while before I thought about picking up a guitar.

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