Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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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's Popular Quotes

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 sta…

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The direction for my music is heaven, of course. We gear all things to the realm of heaven - which is the mind, the organized mind.

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

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I'm not in show business; I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me.

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Woodstock was not about sex, drugs, and rock and roll. It was about spirituality, about love, about sharing, about helping each other, living in peac…

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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 mo…

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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 f…

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Woodstock was both a peaceful protest and a global celebration.

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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 …

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