--- title: "18 Havens Quotes By Richie Havens" description: "18 Havens quotes by Richie Havens. Plus more from Richie Havens and more Havens sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/753/richie-havens-19658_day_i-eat-once-a-day-if-i-remember-and-i-try_2503090.jpg" --- > [I eat once a day if I remember, and I try never to go to sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-eat-once-a-day-if-i-remember-and-i-try-never-to-go-to-sleep/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/753/richie-havens-19658_day_i-eat-once-a-day-if-i-remember-and-i-try_2503090.jpg) > [I don't get sick. I can't afford to get sick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-don-t-get-sick-i-can-t-afford-to-get-sick/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/richie-havens-19658_afford_i-don-t-get-sick-i-can-t-afford-to-get-s_846411.jpg) > [Live Aid was a baby Woodstock, a child of Woodstock, which I call Globalstock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/live-aid-was-a-baby-woodstock-a-child-of-woodstock-which-i-call/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/richie-havens-19658_aid_live-aid-was-a-baby-woodstock-a-child-of_2677754.jpg) > [Woodstock was both a peaceful protest and a global celebration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/woodstock-was-both-a-peaceful-protest-and-a-global-celebration/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/richie-havens-19658_both_woodstock-was-both-a-peaceful-protest-an_712053.jpg) > [I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could just hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-believe-i-inherited-my-sense-of-music-from-my-father-my-father-was/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e64/richie-havens-19658_believe_i-believe-i-inherited-my-sense-of-music_724601.jpg) > [My right wrist is connected to the left foot. You know, if the left foot doesn't work, the right wrist doesn't work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/my-right-wrist-is-connected-to-the-left-foot-you-know-if-the-left/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/richie-havens-19658_connected_my-right-wrist-is-connected-to-the-left_1711151.jpg) > [The direction for my music is heaven, of course. We gear all things to the realm of heaven - which is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/the-direction-for-my-music-is-heaven-of-course-we-gear-all-things-to/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/richie-havens-19658_all-things_the-direction-for-my-music-is-heaven-of_1623498.jpg) > [I started out by myself, but it eventually turned into a trio by the mid-'60s - a conga drum and another guitarist.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-started-out-by-myself-but-it-eventually-turned-into-a-trio-by-the/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/richie-havens-19658_another_i-started-out-by-myself-but-it-eventuall_1063001.jpg) > [I'm not in show business; I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-m-not-in-show-business-i-m-in-the-communications-business-that-s/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a42/richie-havens-19658_business_i-m-not-in-show-business-i-m-in-the-comm_1041381.jpg) > [I opened the Woodstock Festival even though I was supposed to be fifth. I said, 'What am I doing here? No, no,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-opened-the-woodstock-festival-even-though-i-was-supposed-to-be/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a74/richie-havens-19658_am_i-opened-the-woodstock-festival-even-tho_2273425.jpg) > [I must have played every college and university at least three times, and that goes for most of the clubs. I'd be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-must-have-played-every-college-and-university-at-least-three-times/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/richie-havens-19658_another_i-must-have-played-every-college-and-uni_660856.jpg) > [Everything I want to do, and to accomplish, is on the other side of the universe. That's peace of mind, energy, freedom.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/everything-i-want-to-do-and-to-accomplish-is-on-the-other-side-of-the/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/richie-havens-19658_accomplish_everything-i-want-to-do-and-to-accomplis_539148.jpg) > [I saw the Village as a place you could escape to, to express yourself. When I first went there, I wrote and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-saw-the-village-as-a-place-you-could-escape-to-to-express-yourself/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e35/richie-havens-19658_about_i-saw-the-village-as-a-place-you-could-e_898980.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/my-mother-s-family-came-from-the-british-west-indies-and-my-father-s/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/richie-havens-19658_area_my-mother-s-family-came-from-the-british_1769758.jpg) > [I remember the first time I was booked into a jazz club. I was scared to death. I'm not a jazz artist.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-remember-the-first-time-i-was-booked-into-a-jazz-club-i-was-scared/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/richie-havens-19658_art_i-remember-the-first-time-i-was-booked-i_1062347.jpg) > [I believe we have a double in every country. There's something about that that is probably a commonness that we don't make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-believe-we-have-a-double-in-every-country-there-s-something-about/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c9/richie-havens-19658_about_i-believe-we-have-a-double-in-every-coun_890368.jpg) > [I came up in Brooklyn singing doo-wop music from the time I was 13 to the time I was 20. That music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-came-up-in-brooklyn-singing-doo-wop-music-from-the-time-i-was-13-to/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/richie-havens-19658_also_i-came-up-in-brooklyn-singing-doo-wop-mu_1772185.jpg) > [Woodstock happened in August 1969, long before the Internet and mobile phones made it possible to communicate instantly with anyone, anywhere. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/woodstock-happened-in-august-1969-long-before-the-internet-and-mobile/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/richie-havens-19658_able_woodstock-happened-in-august-1969-long-b_907831.jpg) ## Other authors on Havens ## More by Richie Havens > [Music is the major form of communication. It's the commonest vibration, the people's news broadcast, especially for kids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/music-is-the-major-form-of-communication-it-s-the-commonest-vibration/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/everything-i-want-to-do-and-to-accomplish-is-on-the-other-side-of-the/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) > [Richie is the only one of my nine who's really moved away. I can't get rid of most of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/richie-is-the-only-one-of-my-nine-who-s-really-moved-away-i-can-t-get/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-must-have-played-every-college-and-university-at-least-three-times/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) > [Woodstock was both a peaceful protest and a global celebration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/woodstock-was-both-a-peaceful-protest-and-a-global-celebration/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) > [I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could just hear something and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-believe-i-inherited-my-sense-of-music-from-my-father-my-father-was/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) > [I don't get sick. I can't afford to get sick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-don-t-get-sick-i-can-t-afford-to-get-sick/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/you-can-t-even-kill-yourself-if-it-isn-t-your-time-to-go-people-have/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-believe-we-have-a-double-in-every-country-there-s-something-about/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-saw-the-village-as-a-place-you-could-escape-to-to-express-yourself/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) > [Woodstock happened in August 1969, long before the Internet and mobile phones made it possible to communicate instantly with anyone, anywhere. It was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/woodstock-happened-in-august-1969-long-before-the-internet-and-mobile/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-really-sing-songs-that-move-me-i-m-not-in-show-business-i-m-in-the/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) > [I'm not in show business; I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-m-not-in-show-business-i-m-in-the-communications-business-that-s/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-remember-the-first-time-i-was-booked-into-a-jazz-club-i-was-scared/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-started-out-by-myself-but-it-eventually-turned-into-a-trio-by-the/) [Richie Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-havens/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/havens/richie-havens/#itemlist", "name": "18 Havens Quotes By Richie Havens", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I eat once a day if I remember, and I try never to go to sleep.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richie Havens" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-havens/i-eat-once-a-day-if-i-remember-and-i-try-never-to-go-to-sleep/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/753/richie-havens-19658_day_i-eat-once-a-day-if-i-remember-and-i-try_2503090.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/753/richie-havens-19658_day_i-eat-once-a-day-if-i-remember-and-i-try_2503090.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/753/richie-havens-19658_day_i-eat-once-a-day-if-i-remember-and-i-try_2503090.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I eat once a day if I remember, and I try never to go to sleep.” — Richie Havens", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't get sick. 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