Ray Charles Quotes

Ray Charles Robinson was an African-American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. Among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called "Brother Ray." He was often referred to as "The Genius." Charles was blinded during childhood due to glaucoma.Charles pioneered the soul music genre during the 1950s by combining blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel styles into the music he recorded for Atlantic. ...more

Birth: September 23, 1930 - Death: June 10, 2004

- Ray Charles

I was born with music inside me

Topic(s): Born , Music Is , Musician

- Ray Charles

If you can play the blues, you can do anything.

Topic(s): Ifs , Play , Can Do

- Ray Charles

Music is nothing separate from me. It is me… You’d have to remove the music surgically.

Topic(s): Music , Music Is , Musical

- Ray Charles

I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind.

Topic(s): Want , Behinds , Mark

- Ray Charles

I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won’t lay, a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day.

Topic(s): Bigs , Work , Bigger

- Ray Charles

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.

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- Ray Charles

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.

Topic(s): Said , My Own , Heard

- Ray Charles

Sometimes my dreams are so deep that I dream that I’m dreaming.

Topic(s): Sometimes , Dream

- Ray Charles

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

Topic(s): Giving , Done , Matter

- Ray Charles

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.

Topic(s): Way , Humans , Feelings

- Ray Charles

The important thing is to feel your music, really feel it and believe it.

Topic(s): Believe , Feels , Important

- Ray Charles

I heard someone say that all black people got rhythm. Bullshit.

Topic(s): People , Black , Music

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