Quotes of Ray Charles - somelinesforyou

“ Music to me is like breathing – I don’t get tired of breathing, I don’t get tired of music. ”

- Ray Charles

“ I did it to myself. It wasn't society… it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing. ”

- Ray Charles

“ I'm not into the money thing. You can only sleep in one bed at a time. You can only eat one meal at a time, or be in one car at a time. So I don't have to have millions of dollars to be happy. All I need are clothes on my back, a decent meal, and a little loving when I feel like it… ”

- Ray Charles

“ There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, "If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles. ”

- Ray Charles

“ There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, "If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles. ”

- Ray Charles

“ Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Records 1952-1959. ”

- Ray Charles

“ There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, "If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles. ”

- Ray Charles

“ 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 the ass I've gotten over the years for being black and everything else, without actually saying a word about it. ”

- Ray Charles

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

- Ray Charles

“ Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap. ”

- Ray Charles

“ You ask me what I'd like to do that I haven't done and I say 'Nothin'!' I haven't any mountains to climb or oceans to swim. I've been an extremely blessed individual. I'm not clamorin' for more trinkets. If I were to die tomorrow, I could say I've had a good life. ”

- 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… ”

- 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… ”

- Ray Charles

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

- Ray Charles

“ Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Records 1952-1959. ”

- Ray Charles

“ There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, "If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles. ”

- Ray Charles

“ I did it to myself. It wasn't society… it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing. ”

- Ray Charles

“ I did it to myself. It wasn't society… it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing. ”

- Ray Charles

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

- Ray Charles

“ My version of Georgia became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It really touched me. Here is a state that used to lynch people like me suddenly declaring my version of a song as its state song. That is touching. ”

- Ray Charles

“ Up in the mornin', out on the jobWork like the devil for my payBut that lucky old sun has nothin' to doBut roll around Heaven all day. ”

- Ray Charles

“ I'm not into the money thing. You can only sleep in one bed at a time. You can only eat one meal at a time, or be in one car at a time. So I don't have to have millions of dollars to be happy. All I need are clothes on my back, a decent meal, and a little loving when I feel like it… ”

- Ray Charles

“ I'm not into the money thing. You can only sleep in one bed at a time. You can only eat one meal at a time, or be in one car at a time. So I don't have to have millions of dollars to be happy. All I need are clothes on my back, a decent meal, and a little loving when I feel like it… ”

- Ray Charles

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

- Ray Charles

“ What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room. ”

- Ray Charles

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

- Ray Charles

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

- Ray Charles

“ My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil. ”

- Ray Charles

“ You ask me what I'd like to do that I haven't done and I say 'Nothin'!' I haven't any mountains to climb or oceans to swim. I've been an extremely blessed individual. I'm not clamorin' for more trinkets. If I were to die tomorrow, I could say I've had a good life. ”

- Ray Charles

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

- Ray Charles
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