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 Copy Share Image
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… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
Music is the major form of communication. It's the commonest vibration, the people's news broadcast, especially for kids. — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
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… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
Richie is the only one of my nine who's really moved away. I can't get rid of most of them. — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
I must have played every college and university at least three times, and that goes for most of the clubs. I'd be on the… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could just hear something and… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
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… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
I believe we have a double in every country. There's something about that that is probably a commonness that we don't make note of.… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
I saw the Village as a place you could escape to, to express yourself. When I first went there, I wrote and performed poetry.… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
Woodstock happened in August 1969, long before the Internet and mobile phones made it possible to communicate instantly with anyone, anywhere. It was a… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
