Ray Charles Charles quotes Legendary R&B singer behind such hits as 'Georgia on My Mind', 'Unchain My Heart' and 'Hit the Road Jack' Born: 09/23/1930 Died: 06/10/2004 Country: usa

• I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. (Ray Charles)
• Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine. (Ray Charles)
• 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)
• I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear. (Ray Charles)
• 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. (Ray Charles)
• Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory. (Ray Charles)
• 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)
• Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor. (Ray Charles)
• Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal. (Ray Charles)
• My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil. (Ray Charles)
• 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. (Ray Charles)
• The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done. (Ray Charles)
• There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities. (Ray Charles)
• 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)
• 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)

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