Richie Havens (Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens) Quotes

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.'

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• Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.

  

  Ralph Steadman
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  • Lead
  • Hatred

• I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.

  

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• The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.

  

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  • Life
  • Art
  • Kitchen

• I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need.

  

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• My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs... write life. I decided to take her up on that.

  

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• I love football, football is my life.

  

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  • Life
  • Love
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• The first song I wrote was called 'Here I Go Falling In Love' I wrote it in the sixth grade.

  

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  • Love
  • Song
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• The quality of TV, I think, is at an all-time high. The problem with it is the way that we end up consuming it - generally a cable box. A satellite receiver is, to me, nothing more than a glorified VCR.

  

  Eddy Cue
  • Up
  • Time
  • High

• How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said.

  

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  • Together
  • Kiss
  • Rose

• You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.

  

  Kalpana Chawla
  • Fun
  • Journey
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• When you're 25, it's a little bit easier to be daring, especially if you are a pop star, because eccentric behavior is expected from you.

  

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• The M-1 is the best tank in the world, if you can get it to the war in time, if you have a Saddam Hussein who'll give you seven months to move your forces in.

  

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  • Time
  • World
  • War

• I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.

  

  Faith Hill
  • Life
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  • Beautiful

• All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.

  

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  • Nothing
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• I have done work that has appealed my heart, and 'Total Siyappa' is something I really liked.

  

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• NASA has to approve whatever we wear, so there are clothes to choose from, like space shorts - we wear those a lot - and NASA T-shirts.

  

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• Can't get up in the morning lately and I'm just sunk in a dream I'm always the ship in the stream

  

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• There is a difference between a private devotional life and a corporate one. Solemnity is proper in church, but things that are proper in church are not necessarily proper outside, and vice versa.

  

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  • Life
  • Church
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• I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.

  

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  • Friends
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• I am no artist - please come and help me.

  

  Michelangelo
  • Help
  • Artist
  • Please

• Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything. Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they know it.

  

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  • People
  • Money
  • Young People

• 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.'

  

  Richie Havens
  • Rock
  • Artist
  • I Remember