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
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
musical music-is remove
Music is nothing separate from me. It is me... You'd have to remove the music surgically.
music bullshit people
I heard someone say that all black people got rhythm. Bullshit.
roles guests needs
The role of the designer is basically that of a good host, anticipating the needs of the guest.
kings mean men
I used to sing like Nat King Cole. I mean he was the guy when I was comin' up, and you know, man, people used to say of me, "Damn, he sure do sound like Nat King Cole." But there was a day, and luckily for me it was early, when I woke up and asked myself, "Well, when are the ask me to sing because I sound like me?" So my advice is, never do anything that you don't like.
want immortality mark
I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind.
anchors needs sensitive
Women anchor me. They're there when I need them. They're sensitive to me, and I'm sensitive to them. I'm not saying I've loved that many women.
work each-day dry
I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay, a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day.
race years attention
Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. ... This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it.
two dukes kind
It's like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good.
prayer supernatural-forces blind
When I was going blind, I didn't turn to God. It didn't seem to me then - and it doesn't seem to me now - that those items were His concern. Early on, I figured I better begin to learn how to count on myself, instead of counting on supernatural forces.
catholic baptists methodists
I'm a firm believer in God himself, but that's as far as I can go. I'm not any denomination. I'm not Catholic or Presbyterian or Baptist or Methodist or Jewish or Muslim. I'm none of those things. And I'm sure that's just fine with God.
clothes pawns pay
I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent.
blue low-self-esteem losing
All my life I've always been so blue, born to lose, and now I'm losing you.