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 HavensWoodstock was not about sex, drugs, and rock and roll. It was about spirituality, about love, about sharing, about helping each other, living in peace and harmony.
Richie HavensI'm not in show business; I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me.
Richie HavensNothing has really changed. We had bootleg albums in the '60s and today we have Internet file sharing. They just found a better way to do it -- get music for free. What's great about today is an artist has an opportunity to go direct to their audience without dealing with a middleman. People can go directly to the web for CDs, DVDs and downloads. I think that's the best thing that's happened, that people's music is being flashed around the world.
Richie Havens