"The combination of the sweep and scope of Melville's language, the beauty of the story, the depth of the characters all pushed me into a whole new realm of composing and thinking of what music is onstage."

VOA: special.2010.06.11

Rapper Kanye West suddenly stepped onstage, snatched the award from her hands, and began extolling the virtues of Taylor's competitor Beyonce.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Havens was later followed onstage by superstars like Jimi Hendrix, the Who,Ravi Shankar,Santana, Crosby,Stills,Nash and Young and Janis Joplin.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

Havens was onstage for as long as he was because Woodstock producers were waiting for the other performers to arrive.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

Havens recently told this reporter that he had already been onstage for nearly three hours when he played that song, which suddenly sprang to mind from his doo wop and gospel days back in Brooklyn.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15