I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles. — Clint Eastwood 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
I'm probably the only one in the world you can name that's worked with Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, Ella, Duke, Miles, Dizzy,… — Quincy Jones 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
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
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
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
You knew the difference between Barbra Streisand and Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles, straight away. Now everyone sounds like each… — Bobby Womack Copy Share Image
I love Ray Charles. He can still teach everybody a lot about how to make great music. Not necessarily how to make… — Ahmet Ertegun 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
When I was a kid, I always looked up to people like B.B. King and Ray Charles. — Daryl Hall 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 listen to Ray Charles, there's never any doubt whose voice that is. — Clint Eastwood 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
I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him.… — Teri Garr 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
I always say that I went to the College of Blossoms and the University of Ray Charles. — Merry Clayton Copy Share Image
I liked the more sophisticated urban style of blues like Ray Charles and B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Lou Rawls; people… — Edgar Winter Copy Share Image
Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music. — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
“You have a problem, just ask yourself one simple question: What would Ray Charles do in a situation like this?” — Howard Korder Copy Share Image
