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.
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… - Richie Havens
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…
- Richie Havens
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. - Richie Havens
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.
I'm not in show business; I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me. - Richie Havens
I'm not in show business; I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me.
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 … - Richie Havens
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 …
I don't get sick. I can't afford to get sick. - Richie Havens
I don't get sick. I can't afford to get sick.
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… - Richie Havens
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…
Woodstock was both a peaceful protest and a global celebration. - Richie Havens
Woodstock was both a peaceful protest and a global celebration.
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… - Richie Havens
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…
Though it's frequently portrayed as this crazy, unbridled festival of rain-soaked, stoned hippies dancing in the mud, Woodstock was obviously much mo… - Richie Havens
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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