Ray Charles Quotes
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Before I begin, let me say right here and now that I'm a country boy. And, man, I mean the real backwoods! That's at the start of the start of the thing, and that's at the heart of the thing.
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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.
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I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.
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Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.
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Even though I'm not Jewish...Israel is one of the few causes I feel good about supporting.
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There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.
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I was born with music inside me
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I'm a firm believer in God himself, but that's as far as I can go. I'm not any denomination. I'm not Catholic or Presbyterian or Baptist or Methodist or Jewish or Muslim. I'm none of those things. And I'm sure that's just fine with God.
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Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.
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Do it right or don't do it at all. That comes from my mom. If there's something I want to do, I'm one of those people that won't be satisfied until I get it done. If I'm trying to sing something and I can't get it, I'm going to keep at it until I get where I want it.
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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.
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Sighted people, you gotta deal with them.
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Just like you can buy grades of silk, you can buy grades of justice.
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Other arms reach out to me, Other eyes smile tenderly, Still in peaceful dreams I see, The road leads back to you.
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I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.
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Sometimes my dreams are so deep that I dream that I'm dreaming.
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Music is about the only thing left that people don't fight over.
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All my life I've always been so blue, born to lose, and now I'm losing you.
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It's like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good.
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I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.
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If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine.
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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.
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Now Listen You know I work so hard, all day long Everything I try to do, Seem to always turn out wrong That's why I wanna stop by on my way home and say Let's go get stoned
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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.
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My version of 'Georgia' became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It really touched me. Here is a state that used to lynch people like me suddenly declaring my version of a song as its state song. That is touching.
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Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.
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Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right
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Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy.
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The important thing is to feel your music, really feel it and believe it.
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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.
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