Stephen Speaks is the band name through which Rockwell Ryan Ripperger releases his music. Ripperger has invited hundreds of artists to be involved since the band's inception in 2000, and has overseen all production by way of his independent record company, Rippley Records Inc. Speaks' has released five albums, performed hundreds of shows around the world, and is certified platinum by Warner Music through a licensing deal with Warner Music Philippines in 2003. Among a career of internet-based success, Stephen Speaks' music has made the top 100 independent sellers on iTunes and the top 10 unsigned band on MySpace.
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“I forsak the, Kyng Herowdes, and thi werkes alle;
Ther is a chyld in Bedlem born is beter than we alle.’”
—Unknown. St. Stephen and King Herod (l. 6–8)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)