Ray Charles Quotes

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Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark,… — Ray Charles
When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one day I would… — John Henrik Clarke
All other nations are drinking Ray Charles beer and we are drinking Barry Manilow. — Dave Barry
I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a… — Della Reese
There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray… — Johnny Winter
This is a setback. You get back up, you dust yourself off, and you get back in the game. We had a great singer named… — Don King
When I started to sing like myself - as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while - when I started… — Ray Charles
James Brown, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry and Little Richard - I think they had strong influences on a lot of people, because these… — Michael Jackson
I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer — Michael Bolton
Some golfers fantasize about playing in a foursome with Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Sam Snead. The way I hit I'd rather play in a… — Bruce Lansky
I show more blind rage than Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles wrestling in a steel cage. — Chino XL
I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried… — Boz Scaggs
When Ray Charles is concentrating he's like a piece of granite, nothing twitches, nothing, ... He sat for 25 minutes solid like that, like a… — Taylor Hackford
There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing for… — Robert Wyatt
Most people are dead. Hitler. Ray Charles. Some other guys. But mostly those two. — Louis C. K.
Never mind the transience of show business and popularity. When we hear Ray Charles, we go, 'That's a great singer.' You don't need a reporter… — Art Garfunkel
I'm not a star. I'll never be a Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley or a Ray Charles. I'm just an imitator, man. I'm doing a… — Jaco Pastorius
Ray Charles revolutionary approach to music was also reflected in his politics and his deep and abiding commitment to Martin Luther King and the plight… — Diane Watson
My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music. — Avicii
I grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and '60s rock, thanks to my father, and then my brothers got me in to… — Avicii

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