I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
Absence makes the heart grow fonder and tears are only rain to make love grow. — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
Music is nothing separate from me. It is me... You'd have to remove the music surgically. — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more, no more, no more, no more. Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expecting to give-which is everything. — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
I cant retire from music any more than I can retire from my liver. Youd have to remove the music from me… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine. — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory. — Ray Charles Copy Share
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… — Ray Charles Copy Share
You never can overwhelm an instrument. You will never get out all that's in an instrument. An instrument will bring you to your limits. — Ray Charles Copy Share
I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and kicks in… — Ray Charles Copy Share
Any artist, when he goes in to record, should have the feeling that any song he records can be a hit. This may sound… — Ray Charles Copy Share
The words to country songs are very earthy like the blues. They're not as dressed up and the people are very honest and say,… — Ray Charles Copy Share
I set my own rhythm, and I do believe it was usually a little faster than most other people's. — Ray Charles Copy Share
