14 Quotations by Ray Charles
- 1. I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or ...
- 2. I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.
- 3. I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my h ...
- 4. I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, li ...
- 5. I'm not into the money thing. You can only sleep in one bed at a time. You can only eat one meal at ...
- 6. Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.
- 7. Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes c ...
- 8. Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I jus ...
- 9. My version of Georgia became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It really ...
- 10. There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, "If you believe in Me, you ai ...
- 11. What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can l ...
- 12. What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so ...
- 13. When I started to sing like myself - as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while ...
- 14. You ask me what I'd like to do that I haven't done and I say 'Nothin'!' I haven't any mountains to c ...
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