Ray Charles

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we’re here to explore new possibilities.

Ray Charles

What I’ve got to live up to, is being myself. If I do that, the rest will take care of itself.

Ray Charles

Do it right or don’t do it at all. That comes from my mom. If there’s something I want to do, I’m one of those people that won’t be satisfied until I get it done. If I’m trying to sing something and I can’t get it, I’m going to keep at it until I get where I want it.

Ray Charles

Absence makes the heart grow fonder and tears are only rain to make love grow.

Ray Charles

Affluence separates people. Poverty knits ’em together. You got some sugar and I don’t; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I’ll give you some of mine.

Ray Charles

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 is being human.

Ray Charles

I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind.

Ray Charles

I’ve always been the kind of person who, if there’s anything that can kill me, I want to know something about it.

Ray Charles

If somebody don’t like something that I do, that’s his or her prerogative. Just like it’s mine.

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