Richie Havens (Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens) Quotes
Nothing has really changed. We had bootleg albums in the '60s and today we have Internet file sharing. They just found a better way to do it -- get music for free. What's great about today is an artist has an opportunity to go direct to their audience without dealing with a middleman. People can go directly to the web for CDs, DVDs and downloads. I think that's the best thing that's happened, that people's music is being flashed around the world.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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To understand something, whether we are aware of it or not, depends on choosing a model. We get to understand what we see by comparing it with something else, something that we think we understand better. But what we compare it with turns out to have a huge influence on the outcome.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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There are regulators at the SEC and elsewhere who are really excited about the potential of the blockchain. They understand you can build a robust financial system - it would solve all your black swan problems. All kinds of mischief and games that are played in the current system become impossible in this system.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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There are things that bother me. I try not to let them, but they do.
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For me to be as effective as possible, I intend to sharpen those skills I need to successfully lead an organization that is growing in size and complexity with each passing year.
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It's every boy's dream to play a superhero.
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You are not a problem that needs solving.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.
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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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Normally when I read, I don't like music playing.
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Dude, I turn into a six-year-old when I come to Disneyland. It's amazing. My eyes glass over and my blood pressure goes down. I'm just like everybody else. I turn into a big kid when I come here. It's the happiest place on earth, right?
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I always had a fascination with twins.
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Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature of that in which it is found, whether the poem, the manner of a god, the bearing of a man. It is not a dress.
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I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.
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I love women. I'm trying to do beautiful things with them. I'm not trying to insult them. My life is not about that.
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I'm an equal-opportunity law-enforcement guy - I lock everybody up.
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I try to make my music interesting to me first, then hopefully other people will find it interesting, too.
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My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.
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We have all these ideas and visions, and they're able to come to life, and our voices are being heard, which is really amazing.
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Nothing has really changed. We had bootleg albums in the '60s and today we have Internet file sharing. They just found a better way to do it -- get music for free. What's great about today is an artist has an opportunity to go direct to their audience without dealing with a middleman. People can go directly to the web for CDs, DVDs and downloads. I think that's the best thing that's happened, that people's music is being flashed around the world.
