Ray Charles Quotes

I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of

Music is nothing separate from me. It is me... You'd have to remove the music surgically.

I think that most great artists who are extremely known, as I am, would intimidate a lot of people. I don't want to do that to people, but I know I do.

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

I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent.

I set my own rhythm, and I do believe it was usually a little faster than most other people's.

All my life I've always been so blue, born to lose, and now I'm losing you.

I heard someone say that all black people got rhythm. Bullshit.

I don't sing a song unless I feel it. The song don't tug at my heart, I pass on it. I have to believe in what I'm doing.

I sing what I sing true. Each night I sing it the way I feel that night.

I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay, a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day.

The role of the designer is basically that of a good host, anticipating the needs of the guest.

I know it sounds strange - a blind teenager buzzin' round on a motorcycle - but I liked that; that was me. I had always been nervy, and I always had a lot of faith in my ability not to break my neck.

The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done.

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.

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

Learning to read music in Braille & play by ear helped me develop a [very] good memory.