Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles. — Taylor Hackford Copy Share Image
“Honey -- even Ray Charles can see that you have control issues.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
If nothing else, we grew up loving the old blues artists and Ray Charles. — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music. — Avicii Copy Share Image
I always say that I went to the College of Blossoms and the University of Ray Charles. — Merry Clayton Copy Share Image
God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him… — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
Listen to any cantor, any good hazan, sing and you can hear a little bit of Ray Charles going on. — Jerry Leiber Copy Share Image
I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image
I would've given my right arm to do something on the 'Ray' film, the movie about Ray Charles. — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living. — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
Never mind the transience of show business and popularity. When we hear Ray Charles, we go, 'That's a great singer.' You don't… — Art Garfunkel Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
The reason I wanted to become an organ player was because I heard Ray Charles play on Quincy Jones' arrangement of "One… — Booker T. Jones Copy Share Image
Shortly after I moved to Los Angeles, I was looking for work, and I happened to be invited to Ray's studio and… — Don Felder Copy Share Image
Quincy Jones' autobiography 'Q' is very good. Because he's a master at music, he's one of our greatest composers, and its good… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
One of the greatest live recordings, I think, in the history of the world is Ray Charles in Atlanta... And they didn't… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
When you work with Ray Charles, Billy Eckstine and Frank Sinatra, and you tell them to jump without a net, you better… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Dad would always play Ray Charles in the car on the way to swimming, then we'd sing musicals. Now my heroes are… — Jessie Buckley Copy Share Image
I remember working with Ray Charles when I was quite young, and I would wonder, 'Why would he sing 'Georgia On My… — Merry Clayton Copy Share Image
I got thrown out of music school for even listening to Fats Domino and Ray Charles. I was asked, 'What kind of… — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
When I started to sing like myself - as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while -… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
I grew up with Ray Charles playing in the car all the time or playing in the house. — Myles Garrett Copy Share Image
I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old. — Joe Cocker Copy Share Image
Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice. — Taylor Hackford Copy Share Image
The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records.… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
I haven't really heard much that's impressed me the way it was when I first heard Ray Charles or somebody like that.… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I'd say that Ray Charles is definitely the biggest influence on my singing. Also Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me. — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
It was awesome growing up listening to Oasis and Paolo Nutini, but I also loved growing up listening to Ray Charles and… — Tom Walker Copy Share Image
