Richie Havens (Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens) Quotes
I started out by myself, but it eventually turned into a trio by the mid-'60s - a conga drum and another guitarist. And that's been mostly what I've worked with most of the time.
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Initially, I thought problems on how the brain works to be the most interesting. But it was necessary to be practical and concentrate on less obscure matters when I entered Washington State College. Besides, there were no courses given in neurobiology.
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You can have a spiritual awakening and discover a new side of you at any age. And best of all, love can happen at any age. Life can just start to get exciting when you're in your 40s and 50s. You have to believe that.
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My existence was never a Francis Ford Coppola existence.
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Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury.
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Before taking final leave of me, my instructor inquired concerning my physical strength, and I was able to inform him that I hadn't any.
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Every time I talked about making a picture I didn't do it. I had already done it - talking about it! I quit talking.
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There's a rainbow in the sky, all the time, don't be blind
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It's my policy not to review funerals.
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Whereas to write, all you need is paper and an idea, so I felt that writing might be my stepping stone.
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There is nothing so uncertain and slippery as fact.
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Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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We must wake ourselves up! Or somebody else will take our place, and bear our cross, and thereby rob us of our crown.
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Love, love will be my strongest weapon.
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How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
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I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.
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John Coltrane was probably my deepest influence, along with Jimi Hendrix, Elvin Jones, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Mahalia Jackson, Ravi Shankar, Art Tatum, Clifford Brown, Eric Dolphy, Oscar Peterson, John Lewis, Bill Evans, Yehudi Menuhin, McCoy Tyner, THE BEATLES, Jimmy Smith, Keith Jarret, Glenn Gould, Aldo Ciccolini, Georgy Cziffra, Dinu Lipatti and Clara Haskil, with whom I worked as a child.
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A song can be a song where somebody thinks you're crazy. A song that gets released has got to be something that everyone can relate to. Most of the songs that I keep are un-relateable for most people - some of the music I make only for myself and the homies.
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I started out by myself, but it eventually turned into a trio by the mid-'60s - a conga drum and another guitarist. And that's been mostly what I've worked with most of the time.
