All Ray Charles Quotes
- Women anchor me. They're there when I need them. They're sensitive to me, and I'm sensitive to them. I'm not saying I've loved that many… Anchor
- You got to set your mind right and the rest will come to you naturally. No restrictions, no hang-ups, no stupid rules, no formalities, no… Everyone
- I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. Behind
- When I was going blind, I didn't turn to God. It didn't seem to me then - and it doesn't seem to me now -… Begin
- I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay, a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day. Big
- Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy. Any
- Goodbye don't mean gone. Gone
- Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right Cause
- Other arms reach out to me, Other eyes smile tenderly, Still in peaceful dreams I see, The road leads back to you. Arms
- Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music. Breathing
- I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear. Able
- [On his heroin addiction:] I did it to myself. It wasn't society...it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor.… Addiction
- Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond. Affected
- Any artist, when he goes in to record, should have the feeling that any song he records can be a hit. This may sound egotistical,… Any
- Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- which is everything Expectation
- I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all… All
- You should live every day like it's your last day because one day you're gonna be right. Day
- I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood.… Already Within