Ray Charles Quotes

54 Ray Charles quotes by 45 unique authors

I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old. — Joe Cocker
Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles. — Taylor Hackford
Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice. — Taylor Hackford
I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish and… — Janis Ian
I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox. — Tom Waits
Randy Newman seemed like an even worse singer than me. I liked Ray Charles, Levi Stubbs, Jack Jones, Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett. — Donald Fagen
Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living. — Jamie Foxx
God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just… — Norah Jones
Atlantic's Jerry Wexler believes first-rate records are made by first-rate voices. He certainly has worked with enough of them: Clyde McPhatter, Joe Turner, La Vern… — Jon Landau
The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport. — Van Morrison
I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me. — Quincy Jones
I always say that I went to the College of Blossoms and the University of Ray Charles. — Merry Clayton
When I was a kid, I always looked up to people like B.B. King and Ray Charles. — Daryl Hall
I saw Ray Charles at Massey Hall. — Robbie Robertson
Listen to any cantor, any good hazan, sing and you can hear a little bit of Ray Charles going on. — Jerry Leiber
I liked the more sophisticated urban style of blues like Ray Charles and B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Lou Rawls; people like that with… — Edgar Winter
Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music. — Ahmet Ertegun
I love Ray Charles. He can still teach everybody a lot about how to make great music. Not necessarily how to make hits, but how… — Ahmet Ertegun
I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I… — Teri Garr
Why do single women take advice from other single women? That's like Stevie Wonder giving Ray Charles driving directions. — Hussein Nishah
I'm sorry that I'm an intellectual. I'm not a skeptic, it doesn't take me twenty minutes to philosophically argue what colour the sky is. The… — Jeremy Limn
Hoes on my dick cuz I look like Ray Charles. — Lil B
I guess we got to do it again. Oh, Ah! Yeah, youre ready. Thats for Ray Charles. Give it up for Ray Charles and his… — Jamie Foxx
I got so many people to thank tonight. First I want to start it out with Taylor Hackford. Taylor, you took a chance, man. I… — Jamie Foxx
Taylor Gang or get your haircut by Ray Charles. — Taylor Gang

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