"When I started to sing like myself -……" — Ray Charles
"When I started to sing like myself - as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while - when I started singing like Ray Charles, it had this spiritual and churchy, this religious or gospel sound. It had this holiness and preachy tone to it. It was very controversial. I got a lot of criticism for it."
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68 Quotes by Ray Charles
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I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver,…
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Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much…
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There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, 'If you believe in Me, you ain't going…
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What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that…
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My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.
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Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next…
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I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.
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There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.
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My version of 'Georgia' became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It really…
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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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Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.
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What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth.…
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Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form.
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Familial love can find an echo in our own hearts just as it did in that of Charles Dickens.
— Peter Ackroyd
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Harry Reid is not funny; he's creepy. Nancy Pelosi is creepy. Charles Schumer is sneaky and creepy.
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I don't see myself as a great discoverer of artists, like Charles Saatchi.
— Eli Broad
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For a long time, I'd been vaguely fascinated by the idea that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic and Babe Ruth…
— Bill Bryson
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I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over…
— Bill Bryson
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I'm the first to admit that I like going to, or my memories at least of going to Clint Eastwood…
— Nicolas Cage
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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…
— Ray Charles
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Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn't find him stiff at all.
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I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane,…
— Eric Clapton
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When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me…
— John Henrik Clarke
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Early on, I was so impressed with Charles Dickens. I grew up in the South, in a little village in…
— Maya Angelou
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