16 Ray Charles Quotes for You to Enjoy

Ray Charles

American Musician

Born: Sep 23, 1930

Died: Jun 10, 2004

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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. Ray Charles

Music Food Me Heart Water Inside Born Scene Like Force Parts Within Arrived Blood Ribs Liver Necessity

People couldn't understand why my mama would have this blind kid out doing things like cutting wood for the fire. But her thing was: He may be blind, but he ain't stupid. Ray Charles

People Fire Stupid Kid Out Would He Like Blind Understand Doing Mama May Wood Cutting Why Her Thing Things

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. Ray Charles

Great Only Never Famous Wanted

I suppose I've always done my share of crying, especially when there's no other way to contain my feelings. I know that men ain't supposed to cry, but I think that's wrong. Crying's always been a way for me to get things out which are buried deep, deep down. When I sing, I often cry. Crying is feeling, and feeling is being human. Oh yes, I cry. Ray Charles

Me Men Feeling Feelings Down Think Other Way Out Share Wrong Contain Suppose Supposed Know Cry Sing Crying Always Been Yes Get Done Often Human Oh Buried Being Which Being Human Deep Deep Down Things

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. Ray Charles

Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond. Ray Charles

Music People Respond Powerful Affected Listen

The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done. Ray Charles

You Natural Matter About Give Fact Up Done Anything

I met Quincy Jones in Seattle. We were kids together... liked each other when we met and have been close ever since. He wasn't writing when we met - in fact, I more or less started him off to write; voicing, harmony, and stuff like that. Ray Charles

Together Writing Met Other Harmony Kids More More Or Less Fact Write He Stuff Since Like Liked Him Were Been Off Close In Fact Less Each Ever Seattle Started

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

Music Me Entertainment Language Else Only Fact Know In Fact Universal

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

You Together People Poverty Sugar Month Mine Some Borrow Give Well Got Affluence Any Might Next Separates Yours Flour

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

Music Good Man Country Jazz Approach Country Music Like Makes Blues Different Them Forth Special Different Things Utility Things

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

Me Man People Song Big State Touched Touching Like Became Version Georgia Big Thing Declaring Really Used Suddenly Thing Here

I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write with the telephone and the doorbell ringing and conversation going on; I'm not that good a writer to write through all that! Ray Charles

Myself Good Conversation Difficult Other Relatively Telephone Must Ringing About Through Write Writer Writers Know Very Quiet Going

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