Author: Richie Havens

Quotes

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.

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 is the major form of communication. It's the commonest vibration, the people's news broadcast, especially for kids.

Music is the major form of communication. It's the commonest vibration, the people's news broadcast, especially for kids.

- 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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