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Richie Havens
Richie Havens
American Musician
Born: Jan 21, 1941
Died: Apr 22, 2013
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Woodstock happened in August 1969, long before the Internet and mobile phones made it possible to communicate instantly with anyone, anywhere. It was a time when we weren't able to witness world events or the horrors of war live on 24-hour news channels. Richie Havens
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Though it's frequently portrayed as this crazy, unbridled festival of rain-soaked, stoned hippies dancing in the mud, Woodstock was obviously much more than that - or we wouldn't still be talking about it in 2009. People of all ages and colors came together in the fields of Max Yasgur's farm. Richie Havens
Crazy Together People Farm Dancing Though About Unbridled More Colors Obviously Talking Frequently Still Hippies Came Festival Than Max Woodstock Fields Much Ages Mud Portrayed
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. Richie Havens
Myself Freedom Peace Mind Energy Peace Of Mind Think Universe Other Everybody Side Everything Willingly Joyfully Ready Making Go Accomplish Friend Anybody Heavy Want Anything
You can't even kill yourself if it isn't your time to go. People have no control whatsoever over what happens to them, and they are beginning to realize this. The future lies in the time of living. Your doing something will get you into tomorrow, if you want to call it tomorrow. If you want to make those distinctions at all. Richie Havens
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I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me. Richie Havens
Me Business Songs Sing Move Communications Really Show Show Business
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. Richie Havens
Music Father Sense Believe Something Could Piano Piano Player He Hear Just Inherited Play Ear Player
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. Richie Havens
Music Time People Trouble Singing Neighborhood Out Brooklyn Purpose Also Another Came Passport Lot Up Served Keeping
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. Richie Havens
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My mother's family came from the British West Indies. And my father's family came from, well, my father's father came from the Montana/South Dakota area. They were Blackfoot Indian. Richie Havens
Family Mother Father Indian Indies Area Well Came Were West Dakota British
I haven't seen my face since I started growing my beard, which was when I was a teenager, almost; I never shaved. So I don't really know what I look like. Richie Havens
Beard Face Seen Teenager Never Almost Since Like Know Look Shaved Which Really Growing Started
I eat once a day if I remember, and I try never to go to sleep. Richie Havens
Day Remember Try Once Eat Never Go Sleep
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. Richie Havens
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