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Ray Charles quotes: Many times during auditions, I was told that I couldn't carry a note with a bucket, and that I sure couldn't play the piano. Many times during auditions, I was told that I couldn't carry a note with a bucket, and that I sure couldn't play the piano.
Ray Charles quotes: Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right
Ray Charles quotes: If you can play the blues, you can do anything. If you can play the blues, you can do anything.
Ray Charles quotes: Any artist, when he goes in to record, should have the feeling that any song he records can be a hit. This may sound egotistical, but it makes sense. Any artist, when he goes in to record, should have the feeling that any song he records can be a hit. This may sound egotistical, but it makes sense.
Ray Charles quotes: The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done. The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done.
Ray Charles quotes: Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes. Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.
Ray Charles quotes: I can't help what I sound like. What I sound like is what i am. You know? I cannot be anything other that what I am. I can't help what I sound like. What I sound like is what i am. You know? I cannot be anything other that what I am.
Ray Charles quotes: Music to me is just like breathing. I have to have it. It's part of me. Music to me is just like breathing. I have to have it. It's part of me.
Ray Charles quotes: I heard someone say that all black people got rhythm. Bullshit. I heard someone say that all black people got rhythm. Bullshit.
Ray Charles quotes: I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent. I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent.
Ray Charles quotes: There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, 'If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles.' There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, 'If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles.'
Ray Charles quotes: Just like you can buy grades of silk, you can buy grades of justice. Just like you can buy grades of silk, you can buy grades of justice.
Ray Charles quotes: Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond. Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond.
Ray Charles quotes: I sing what I sing true. Each night I sing it the way I feel that night. I sing what I sing true. Each night I sing it the way I feel that night.
Ray Charles quotes: Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music. Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.
Ray Charles quotes: I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind.
Ray Charles quotes: I don't think any of us really knows why we're here. But I think we're supposed to believe we're here for a purpose. I don't think any of us really knows why we're here. But I think we're supposed to believe we're here for a purpose.
Ray Charles quotes: Other arms reach out to me, Other eyes smile tenderly, Still in peaceful dreams I see, The road leads back to you. Other arms reach out to me, Other eyes smile tenderly, Still in peaceful dreams I see, The road leads back to you.
Ray Charles quotes: Goodbye don't mean gone. Goodbye don't mean gone.
Ray Charles quotes: The role of the designer is basically that of a good host, anticipating the needs of the guest. The role of the designer is basically that of a good host, anticipating the needs of the guest.
Ray Charles quotes: Sighted people, you gotta deal with them. Sighted people, you gotta deal with them.
Ray Charles quotes: Don't go backwards - you've already been there. Don't go backwards - you've already been there.
Ray Charles quotes: Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more, no more, no more, no more. Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more. Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more, no more, no more, no more. Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more.
Ray Charles quotes: My mom taught me a lot. A lot about minding your own business and leaving other people's business alone. And let them think what they want. My mom taught me a lot. A lot about minding your own business and leaving other people's business alone. And let them think what they want.
Ray Charles quotes: Art Tatum he was a genius. And Einstein, not me. Art Tatum
he was a genius. And Einstein, not me.
Ray Charles quotes: I never said I was a genius. I never said I was a cornerstone. I've never said I'm a legend in my own time. You never heard me say nothing I never said I was a genius. I never said I was a cornerstone. I've never said I'm a legend in my own time. You never heard me say nothing like that.
Ray Charles quotes: What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man. What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.
Ray Charles quotes: Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory. Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.
Ray Charles quotes: I never wanted to be famous; I only wanted to be great. I never wanted to be famous; I only wanted to be great.
Ray Charles quotes: I did it to myself. It wasn't society ... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing. I did it to myself. It wasn't society ... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.
Ray Charles quotes: Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy. Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy.
Ray Charles quotes: I set my own rhythm and it was usually a little faster than other people's. I set my own rhythm and it was usually a little faster than other people's.
Ray Charles quotes: Even though I'm not Jewish ... Israel is one of the few causes I feel good about supporting. Even though I'm not Jewish ... Israel is one of the few causes I feel good about supporting.
Ray Charles quotes: Music is about the only thing left that people don't fight over. Music is about the only thing left that people don't fight over.
Ray Charles quotes: There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities. There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.
Ray Charles quotes: Rhythm and blues used to be called race music ... This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it. Rhythm and blues used to be called race music ... This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it.
Ray Charles quotes: Music is nothing separate from me. It is me ... You'd have to remove the music surgically. Music is nothing separate from me. It is me ... You'd have to remove the music surgically.
Ray Charles quotes: There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment. There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment.
Ray Charles quotes: All my life I've always been so blue, born to lose, and now I'm losing you. All my life I've always been so blue, born to lose, and now I'm losing you.
Ray Charles quotes: If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine. If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine.
Ray Charles quotes: Music is the chalk to the blackboard of life. Without it everything is a blank slate Music is the chalk to the blackboard of life. Without it everything is a blank slate
Ray Charles quotes: My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil. My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.
Ray Charles quotes: Learning to read music in Braille & play by ear helped me develop a [very] good memory. Learning to read music in Braille & play by ear helped me develop a [very] good memory.
Ray Charles quotes: Sometimes my dreams are so deep that I dream that I'm dreaming. Sometimes my dreams are so deep that I dream that I'm dreaming.
Ray Charles quotes: Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor. Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.
Ray Charles quotes: Women anchor me. They're there when I need them. They're sensitive to me, and I'm sensitive to them. I'm not saying I've loved that many women. Women anchor me. They're there when I need them. They're sensitive to me, and I'm sensitive to them. I'm not saying I've loved that many women.
Ray Charles quotes: To me, music is entertainment - what else can it be? In fact, it's the only language I know of that's universal. To me, music is entertainment - what else can it be? In fact, it's the only language I know of that's universal.
Ray Charles quotes: It's like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good. It's like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good.
Ray Charles quotes: I was born with music inside me I was born with music inside me
Ray Charles quotes: I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay, a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day. I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay, a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day.
Ray Charles quotes: I don't sing a song unless I feel it. The song don't tug at my heart, I pass on it. I have to believe in what I'm doing. I don't sing a song unless I feel it. The song don't tug at my heart, I pass on it. I have to believe in what I'm doing.
Ray Charles quotes: What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room. What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.
Ray Charles quotes: Drunken talk isn't meant to be printed in the paper. Drunken talk isn't meant to be printed in the paper.
Ray Charles quotes: I really feel that if you're gonna be good, you gotta practice ... Practice whatever the hell you do. I really feel that if you're gonna be good, you gotta practice ... Practice whatever the hell you do.
Ray Charles quotes: The important thing is to feel your music, really feel it and believe it. The important thing is to feel your music, really feel it and believe it.
Ray Charles quotes: Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap. Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.
Ray Charles quotes: I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of
Ray Charles quotes: I've always been the kind of person who, if there's anything that can kill me, I want to know something about it. I've always been the kind of person who, if there's anything that can kill me, I want to know something about it.
Ray Charles quotes: I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear. I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.

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