I think everybody has their pain. For me, the time that I really had to grow up was when I was 15 and I had my best friend die of leukemia. Watching... →
Lindsey Haun
My father played with Air Supply, Yes, B.B. King and even Sheryl Crow when she first started out, so I've sort of been around the industry for a... →
Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political... →
Vaclav Havel
Woodstock happened in August 1969, long before the Internet and mobile phones made it possible to communicate instantly with anyone, anywhere. It was... →
Richie Havens
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... →
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... →
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 are beginning... →
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 got to the club and spotted this big... →
I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue... →
Olivia De Havilland
Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be... →