Ray Charles Quotes About Country

Quotes about: Country

• The words to country songs are very earthy like the blues. They're not as dressed up and the people are very honest and say, 'Look, I miss you darlin', so I went out and got drunk in this bar.' That's the way you say it. Where in Tin Pan Alley they would say, 'Oh I missed you darling, so I went to this restaurant and I sat down and had a dinner for one.' That's cleaned up now, you see? But country and blues tells it like it is.

  Ray Charles

  Country, Song, Tin Pan Alley

• I'm not a jazz singer, blues singer or country singer. I'm a singer that can sing rhythm & blues, that can sing jazz, that can sing country. There's a big difference. In other words, I'm not a specialist.

  Ray Charles

  Country, Differences, Singers

• What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.

  Ray Charles

  Country, Men, Special

• Before I begin, let me say right here and now that I'm a country boy. And, man, I mean the real backwoods! That's at the start of the start of the thing, and that's at the heart of the thing.

  Ray Charles

  Country, Real, Heart

  Ray Charles, David Ritz (2004). “Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story”, p.9, Da Capo Press

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