Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson, known professionally as Ray Charles, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He was sometimes referred to as "The Genius", and was also nicknamed "The High Priest of Soul"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoul Singer
Date of Birth23 September 1930
CityAlbany, GA
CountryUnited States of America
breathing
Music to me is just like breathing. I have to have it. It's part of me.
want immortality mark
I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind.
musical music-is remove
Music is nothing separate from me. It is me... You'd have to remove the music surgically.
song lying struggle
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.
sleep clothes car
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. That's the bottom line.
believe thinking purpose
I don't think any of us really knows why we're here. But I think we're supposed to believe we're here for a purpose.
weed home long
Now Listen You know I work so hard, all day long Everything I try to do, Seem to always turn out wrong That's why I wanna stop by on my way home and say Let's go get stoned
roles guests needs
The role of the designer is basically that of a good host, anticipating the needs of the guest.
addiction black blind
[On his heroin addiction:] 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.
justice like-you grades
Just like you can buy grades of silk, you can buy grades of justice.
like-you retiring appendix
I cant retire from music any more than I can retire from my liver. Youd have to remove the music from me surgically—like you were taking out my appendix.
vision able ifs
I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.
genius legends said
I never said I was a genius. I never said I was a cornerstone. I've never said I'm a legend in my own time. You never heard me say nothing like that.
musical-life inspirational-music ribs
I was born with music inside me