“That I am one and many is at the heart of my dis-ease
Yet I am one and many”
"One And Many"
Find Me (2007)
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Famous Happy Rhodes Quotes
"Hold Me" - Live performance at the Tin Angel (10 May 1996) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcXOiiyHE_c <br class="br">Building the Colossus (1994)
"Here And Hereafter" - Live performance, Santa Cruz, CA (9 June 2001) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFlk0MJez_g <br class="br">Find Me (2007)
“Oh, even the leaves laugh
As you spin and tumble through
We explode in color
All for your honor”
"Ra Is A Busy God"
Many Worlds Are Born Tonight (1998)
Message at the Happy Rhodes fan Guestbook http://www.e-guestbooks.com/cgi-bin/e-guestbooks/guestbook.cgi?action=view&user=Equipoise
“I am skilled now, at casting iron
To make a hardened bed for my heavy world”
"One And Many"
Find Me (2007)
Happy Rhodes Quotes about time
"The First To Cry" - Live performance New Haven, CT (4 April 2003) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjxKnOLRFiA <br class="br">Rhodes Volume I (1986)
"Words Weren't Made For Cowards"
Warpaint (1991)
On her lifelong use of the name "Happy", in "The Happy Rhodes Interview" in Homeground #48 (Summer 1993) http://web.archive.org/web/20091023165015/http://geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/3450/homeground.html <br class="br">Context: The first time my brothers saw me, when I was a day or two old and still in the hospital, my brother Mark could not pronounce the name "Kimberley," and I was an especially happy baby, so he decided it would be easier to call me "Happy." From that moment on, my family members never used the name Kimberley. I was forced, however, to use my given name while attending school. As soon as I turned sixteen, my name was legally changed to Happy Tyler Rhodes. As far as I'm concerned, it's the ony name I've ever had. When people ask me if it's my real name, I always say "yes."
Happy Rhodes Quotes
"Words Weren't Made For Cowards"
Warpaint (1991)
“As far as I'm concerned, it's the ony name I've ever had.”
On her lifelong use of the name "Happy", in "The Happy Rhodes Interview" in Homeground #48 (Summer 1993) http://web.archive.org/web/20091023165015/http://geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/3450/homeground.html <br class="br">Context: The first time my brothers saw me, when I was a day or two old and still in the hospital, my brother Mark could not pronounce the name "Kimberley," and I was an especially happy baby, so he decided it would be easier to call me "Happy." From that moment on, my family members never used the name Kimberley. I was forced, however, to use my given name while attending school. As soon as I turned sixteen, my name was legally changed to Happy Tyler Rhodes. As far as I'm concerned, it's the ony name I've ever had. When people ask me if it's my real name, I always say "yes."
“Many worlds are born tonight
Because the needy is everyone.”
"Many Worlds Are Born Tonight"
Many Worlds Are Born Tonight (1998)
Context: Turn the lights down for a while
And have a rock with the solitude
Many worlds are born tonight
Because the needy is everyone.
“He is broken, far from free
Words were spoken, 'tween him and me”
"Temporary And Eternal" - Live performance, later used on the compilation album The Keep (16 May 1995) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiIqnvFAoHs <br class="br">Equipoise (1993) <br class="br">Context: He is broken, far from free<br>Words were spoken, 'tween him and me:<br>"I had friends, yes, I was admired<br>I'm so old now, feel so tired."<br>Well he walks to the gate and he looks behind<br>at life in rewind<br>And wishes he had known these things<br>while still alive.
"If Wishes Were Horses, How Beggars Would Ride" - Live performance (29 June 1999) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyG_g73R0wY <br class="br">Many Worlds Are Born Tonight (1998) <br class="br">Context: I wish I could promise I'll<br>Be there when you dream<br>I wish that when you spoke to me<br>I'd know what you mean But you can't bring me comfort<br>By filling up my eyes<br>They don't stay dry<br>Hard as I try<br>Can't figure why<br>Made I this choice
"All Things (Mia ia io)" - Live performance at The Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA (15 March 1997) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eACEYTQkoLA <br class="br">Warpaint (1991) <br class="br">Context: I dreamed I was an animal<br>In a human world;<br>Now when I hear big sounds<br>I cry like a little girl. I'm talking about connections<br>Between here and there;<br>All things exist at once<br>Seems more than we can bear.
“And wishes he had known these things
while still alive.”
"Temporary And Eternal" - Live performance, later used on the compilation album The Keep (16 May 1995) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiIqnvFAoHs <br class="br">Equipoise (1993) <br class="br">Context: He is broken, far from free<br>Words were spoken, 'tween him and me:<br>"I had friends, yes, I was admired<br>I'm so old now, feel so tired."<br>Well he walks to the gate and he looks behind<br>at life in rewind<br>And wishes he had known these things<br>while still alive.
“If you feel anything
Be brave
Come forth
Let it show.”
"Words Weren't Made For Cowards"
Warpaint (1991)
Context: Do I have to dig? Do I have to prod?
Reach into your chest
And pull your feelings out?
Are you dancing dead?
Or maybe walking toast?
If you feel anything
Be brave
Come forth
Let it show.
Tell me what d'you think of life?
Tell me do you think at all?
“My past is warpaint.
The past is warpaint.”
"Warpaint"
Warpaint (1991)
Context: As I walk through fire
I am shielded from the flame
Although the guilty parties
Take no blame.
Don't try to tell me there's no
Reason for any moment in time;
Every memory of mine
Those years are lines of
Color on my face.
My past is warpaint.
The past is warpaint.
“With your face comes laughter
And with your touch
And with your touch comes joy.”
"Ra Is A Busy God"
Many Worlds Are Born Tonight (1998)
Context: Even the leaves laugh
'cause they have what I have
Reach from the best tree
So he can see me
And with your face
With your face comes laughter
And with your touch
And with your touch comes joy.
"The Happy Rhodes Interview" in Homeground #48 (Summer 1993)
Context: I'm thrilled that people can get something out of my music. I have to attribute that to integrity and honesty. I've found that people aren't really as different as they sometimes seem. We all have joy and tragedy in our lives. So it only follows that if I write something from my heart and stay true to myself, others will easily identify.
“When the rain came down, I was older than the earth.”
"When The Rain Came Down" (bonus track on 1992 CD) - Live performance at The Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA (9 May 1996) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzcMmfGBjY - Visually enhanced fan video of same performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz8S31vlw8Q <!-- at some points this sounds more like: I am Peace, in love, in harmony… --> <br class="br">Ecto (1987) <br class="br">Context: When the rain came down, I was older than the earth.<br>I could die right now, and plan another birth<br>Anytime I choose.<br>I am in peace, in love, in harmony,<br>when the rain comes
"When The Rain Came Down" <!-- at some points this sounds more like "I am standing in green" -->
Ecto (1987)
Context: When the rain came down, I was standing in the green
My soul was touched by every tree that my eyes could see
I am in peace, in love, in harmony
when the rain comes
down When the rain came down — melded with my tears
When the rain came down — flow away the fears
When the rain came down — bigger than the sea
When the rain came down — then came me.
"Words Weren't Made For Cowards" - album version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn3LOFVH4Ks · World Cafe version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojKOGra4faE <br class="br">Warpaint (1991)
“I am in peace, in love, in harmony,
when the rain comes”
"When The Rain Came Down" (bonus track on 1992 CD) - Live performance at The Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA (9 May 1996) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzcMmfGBjY - Visually enhanced fan video of same performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz8S31vlw8Q <!-- at some points this sounds more like: I am Peace, in love, in harmony… --> <br class="br">Ecto (1987) <br class="br">Context: When the rain came down, I was older than the earth.<br>I could die right now, and plan another birth<br>Anytime I choose.<br>I am in peace, in love, in harmony,<br>when the rain comes
"Chosen One" - Live performance at The Tin Angel, Philadelphia PA (29 January 2005) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt4PTtcVh5s <br class="br">Find Me (2007)
“Here we are reaching out for aliens
Looking for our salvation.
Pity our emptiness
Save our souls.”
"Save Our Souls" - Live performance at The Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA (15 March 1997) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPJ2HRgtquo <br class="br">Equipoise (1993) <br class="br">Context: We are the number one offender<br>Of specieism and yet<br>Here we are reaching out for aliens<br>Looking for our salvation.<br>Pity our emptiness<br>Save our souls.
Going to fly
"Temporary And Eternal"
Equipoise (1993)
"Ra Is A Busy God" - Live performance at New Haven, CT (4 April 2003) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmbHQ0rwCBQ <br class="br">Many Worlds Are Born Tonight (1998)
"Many Worlds Are Born Tonight" - Live performance at The Tin Angel (24 July 1999) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGdnjC48aJg <br class="br">Many Worlds Are Born Tonight (1998)
"Chosen One"
Find Me (2007)
"All Things (Mia ia io)"
Warpaint (1991)
"If Wishes Were Horses, How Beggars Would Ride" - Live performance (29 June 1999) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyG_g73R0wY <br class="br">Many Worlds Are Born Tonight (1998)
"All Things (Mia ia io)" - Live performance at The Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA (15 March 1997) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eACEYTQkoLA <br class="br">Warpaint (1991)
