Around Quote by Billy Preston

“I knew early on I liked Ray, but I didn’t know why. I platonically crushed on him from a distance throughout grade school, and…

— Charles Benedict

One day I got to meet him because he was teaching Broadway dance. It was a little after Tap came out and he was…

— Brittany Murphy

I grew up with Ray Charles playing in the car all the time or playing in the house.

— Myles Garrett

It was probably when I met Jeff Hamilton, the drummer I've been working with for the last 20 years. He's the one who brought…

— Diana Krall

I went to a rare live Van Dyke show and met him there. And then he came to a show of mine and we…

— Matthew Sweet

“Ray bent his head toward her, and they smiled at each other, a pair of blissful ghouls in love. I might have felt sorry…

— Jacqueline Carey

I got to meet Andy [Hertzfeld], and he sort of opened his life to me. He showed me Palo Alto and we had food…

— Michael Stuhlbarg

I got to know Sugar Ray but I certainly would not say we were good friends.

— Dick Schaap

Ray Charles has always been a big part of my life.

— Darius Rucker

We gave each other a hug, [Richard Pryor] said how much he admired me, I said how much I admired him, and we started…

— Gene Wilder

Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.

— Taylor Hackford

Driving to class with him. All I could think about was that it had been three days since I'd touched his face AND HE…

— Sabrina Ward Harrison