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title: "77 Ray charles Quotes by 56 authors"
description: "Browse 77 Ray charles quotes by 56 authors. Discover the best Ray charles sayings and thoughts."
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> [I love Ray Charles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-maddon/i-love-ray-charles/)

[Joe Maddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-maddon/)

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> [I saw Ray Charles at Massey Hall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-saw-ray-charles-at-massey-hall/)

[Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/)

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> [Who isn't a fan of Ray Charles?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-scofield/who-isn-t-a-fan-of-ray-charles/)

[John Scofield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-scofield/)

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> [Im Ray Charles to the bullshit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-ray-charles-to-the-bullshit/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Chopper knock your face off. Black shades, Ray Charles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lil-wayne/chopper-knock-your-face-off-black-shades-ray-charles/)

[Lil Wayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lil-wayne/)

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> [Ray Charles has always been a big part of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darius-rucker/ray-charles-has-always-been-a-big-part-of-my-life/)

[Darius Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darius-rucker/)

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> [Hoes on my dick cuz I look like Ray Charles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lil-b/hoes-on-my-dick-cuz-i-look-like-ray-charles/)

[Lil B](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lil-b/)

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> [Taylor Gang or get your haircut by Ray Charles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-gang/taylor-gang-or-get-your-haircut-by-ray-charles/)

[Taylor Gang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-gang/)

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> [I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-don-t-think-i-ve-met-anyone-with-a-stronger-work-ethic-than-ray/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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> [If nothing else, we grew up loving the old blues artists and Ray Charles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-van-zant/if-nothing-else-we-grew-up-loving-the-old-blues-artists-and-ray/)

[Johnny Van Zant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-van-zant/)

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> [“Honey -- even Ray Charles can see that you have control issues.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/honey-even-ray-charles-can-see-that-you-have-control-issues/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-hackford/well-i-don-t-think-i-ve-scored-my-life-exclusively-to-ray-charles/)

[Taylor Hackford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-hackford/)

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> [When you listen to Ray Charles, there's never any doubt whose voice that is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/when-you-listen-to-ray-charles-there-s-never-any-doubt-whose-voice/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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> [When I was a kid, I always looked up to people like B.B. King and Ray Charles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daryl-hall/when-i-was-a-kid-i-always-looked-up-to-people-like-b-b-king-and-ray/)

[Daryl Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daryl-hall/)

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> [“You have a problem, just ask yourself one simple question: What would Ray Charles do in a situation like this?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-korder/you-have-a-problem-just-ask-yourself-one-simple-question-what-would/)

Howard Korder

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> [Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmet-ertegun/everyone-felt-like-they-knew-ray-charles-and-in-a-way-they-did/)

[Ahmet Ertegun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmet-ertegun/)

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> [Ray Charles, who said to Stevie Wonder, Maybe we're white. Never got a dinner!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-buttons/ray-charles-who-said-to-stevie-wonder-maybe-we-re-white-never-got-a/)

[Red Buttons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-buttons/)

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> [I love Hank Williams songs, but I love hearing Ray Charles sing them much more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdonald/i-love-hank-williams-songs-but-i-love-hearing-ray-charles-sing-them/)

[Michael McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdonald/)

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> [When people ask me, I say I studied at the University of Ray Charles and went to learn with the master, Quincy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ingram/when-people-ask-me-i-say-i-studied-at-the-university-of-ray-charles/)

[James Ingram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ingram/)

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> [The church didn't know what to do with Ray Charles or Al Green. And so they were kind of ostracized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lecrae/the-church-didn-t-know-what-to-do-with-ray-charles-or-al-green-and-so/)

[LeCrae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lecrae/)

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> [The label I was on had Dionne, The Shirelles and several other R&B artists. I loved guys like Ray Charles and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-thomas/the-label-i-was-on-had-dionne-the-shirelles-and-several-other-r-b/)

[B. J. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-thomas/)

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> [I liked the more sophisticated urban style of blues like Ray Charles and B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Lou Rawls; people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-winter/i-liked-the-more-sophisticated-urban-style-of-blues-like-ray-charles/)

[Edgar Winter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-winter/)

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> [ How would you define \[Bob\] Dylan? You can't. That's a true artist. How about Ray Charles? Can you classify Ray Charles? No,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-thorogood/how-would-you-define-bob-dylan-you-can-t-that-s-a-true-artist-how/)

[George Thorogood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-thorogood/)

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> [Finding out that Ray Charles sang country songs but it sounded as soulful as any rhythm and blues record that kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-kiwanuka/finding-out-that-ray-charles-sang-country-songs-but-it-sounded-as/)

[Michael Kiwanuka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-kiwanuka/)

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> [Ray Charles revolutionary approach to music was also reflected in his politics and his deep and abiding commitment to Martin Luther King…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-watson/ray-charles-revolutionary-approach-to-music-was-also-reflected-in-his/)

[Diane Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-watson/)

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> [There were certain Ray Charles albums and a couple of early Marvin Gaye records that I used to listen to with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdonald/there-were-certain-ray-charles-albums-and-a-couple-of-early-marvin/)

[Michael McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdonald/)

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> [I guess we got to do it again. Oh, Ah! Yeah, youre ready. Thats for Ray Charles. Give it up for Ray…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/i-guess-we-got-to-do-it-again-oh-ah-yeah-youre-ready-thats-for-ray/)

[Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/)

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> [I'm probably the only one in the world you can name that's worked with Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, Ella, Duke, Miles, Dizzy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/i-m-probably-the-only-one-in-the-world-you-can-name-that-s-worked/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

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> [When I started to sing like myself - as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-charles/when-i-started-to-sing-like-myself-as-opposed-to-imitating-nat-cole/)

[Ray Charles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-charles/)

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> [I got thrown out of music school for even listening to Fats Domino and Ray Charles. I was asked, 'What kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-winwood/i-got-thrown-out-of-music-school-for-even-listening-to-fats-domino/)

[Steve Winwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-winwood/)

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> [I remember working with Ray Charles when I was quite young, and I would wonder, 'Why would he sing 'Georgia On My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merry-clayton/i-remember-working-with-ray-charles-when-i-was-quite-young-and-i/)

[Merry Clayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merry-clayton/)

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> [When Ray Charles is concentrating he's like a piece of granite, nothing twitches, nothing, ... He sat for 25 minutes solid like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-hackford/when-ray-charles-is-concentrating-he-s-like-a-piece-of-granite/)

[Taylor Hackford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-hackford/)

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> [When I'm just tryna funk, it's gonna be the Staple Singers, man - Pop Staples. And Ray Charles. Ray could take 'Eleanor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-clinton/when-i-m-just-tryna-funk-it-s-gonna-be-the-staple-singers-man-pop/)

[George Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-clinton/)

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> [I haven't really heard much that's impressed me the way it was when I first heard Ray Charles or somebody like that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-haven-t-really-heard-much-that-s-impressed-me-the-way-it-was-when-i/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

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> [I'd say that Ray Charles is definitely the biggest influence on my singing. Also Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdonald/i-d-say-that-ray-charles-is-definitely-the-biggest-influence-on-my/)

[Michael McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdonald/)

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> [I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/i-met-ray-charles-at-14-and-he-was-16-but-he-was-like-a-hundred-years/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

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> [It was awesome growing up listening to Oasis and Paolo Nutini, but I also loved growing up listening to Ray Charles and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-walker/it-was-awesome-growing-up-listening-to-oasis-and-paolo-nutini-but-i/)

[Tom Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-walker/)

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> [I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-knelt-at-the-altar-of-ray-charles-for-years-i-worked-at-a/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

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> [The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/the-first-piece-of-music-that-captured-my-imagination-was-probably/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

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> [When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmet-ertegun/when-i-first-heard-ray-charles-he-was-a-flop-artist-on-a-small-label/)

[Ahmet Ertegun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmet-ertegun/)

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