Love Quote by Ray Charles

“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expecting to give-which is everything.”

Ray Charles

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Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

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The important thing is to feel your music, really feel it and believe it.

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I suppose I've always done my share of crying, especially when there's no other way to contain my feelings. I know that men ain't supposed to cry, but I think that's wrong. Crying's always been a way for me to get things out which are buried deep, deep down. When I sing, I often cry. Crying is feeling, and feeling…

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You never can overwhelm an instrument. You will never get out all that's in an instrument. An instrument will bring you to your limits.

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I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and kicks in…

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I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

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I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.

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Any artist, when he goes in to record, should have the feeling that any song he records can be a hit. This may sound…

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The words to country songs are very earthy like the blues. They're not as dressed up and the people are very honest and say, 'Look, I miss you darlin', so I went out and got drunk in this bar.' That's the way you say it. Where in Tin Pan Alley they would say, 'Oh I missed you darling, so I…

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If you can play the blues, you can do anything.

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Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy.

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Music to me is just like breathing. I have to have it. It's part of me.

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