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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 that, like a…
- Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.
- Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.
More Ray Charles Quotes
- Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to… — Ray Charles
- When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one… — 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… — 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… — Johnny Winter
- This is a setback. You get back up, you dust yourself off, and you get back in the game. We had a… — Don King
- When I started to sing like myself - as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while -… — Ray Charles
- James Brown, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry and Little Richard - I think they had strong influences on a lot of… — 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… — 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… — Boz Scaggs