Ray Charles Quotes

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• Don't go backwards - you've already been there.

  Ray Charles

  Backwards

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• Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right

  Ray Charles

  Life, One Day, Each Day

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• Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.

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  Mean, Eye, Should

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• Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.

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  Funny, Music, Wisdom

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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 can light a room.

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  Light, Soul, Rooms

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  I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Music

  Ray Charles (2004). “Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story”

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• Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy.

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  Dream, Crazy, Littles

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

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  Care, Being Myself, Take Care

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

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  Love, Life, Mean

  Ray Charles, David Ritz (2004). “Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story”, p.169, Da Capo Press

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• I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

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  Music, Badass, Bad Ass

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• Music is the chalk to the blackboard of life. Without it everything is a blank slate

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  Blank, Chalk, Music Is

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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 to have no troubles.'

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  Believe, Trouble, New Testament

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• 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.

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  Believe, Thinking, Purpose

  FaceBook post by Ray Charles from Nov 05, 2013

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• 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.

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  Song, Lying, Struggle

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• The important thing is to feel your music, really feel it and believe it.

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  Music, Believe, Piano

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• Sometimes my dreams are so deep that I dream that I'm dreaming.

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  Dream, Sometimes

  Ray Charles, David Ritz (2004). “Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story”, p.309, Da Capo Press

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• I really feel that if you're gonna be good, you gotta practice... Practice whatever the hell you do.

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  Practice, Hell, Be Good

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

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  Rain, Heart, Sadness

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• 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.

  Ray Charles

  Money, Sleep, Clothes

  FaceBook post by Ray Charles from Dec 04, 2013

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• Music is about the only thing left that people don't fight over.

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  Fighting, People, Music Is

  "Ray Charles: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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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 month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine.

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  People, Giving, Together

  Ray Charles, David Ritz (2004). “Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story”, p.155, Da Capo Press

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• Music to me is just like breathing. I have to have it. It's part of me.

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  Breathing

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• 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.

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  Mom, People, Trying

  Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, 1998.

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• Goodbye don't mean gone.

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  Goodbye, Mean, Gone

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• You never can overwhelm an instrument. You will never get out all that's in an instrument. An instrument will bring you to your limits.

  Ray Charles

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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