#ray charles

I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish and all of my friends were black and Baptist because they listen to the coolest music. We were all listening to Ray Charles and what was then called race music. ↗

— Janis Ian

#because #black #called #charles #coolest

Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living. ↗

— Jamie Foxx

#charles #give #his #legacy #living

Listen to any cantor, any good hazan, sing and you can hear a little bit of Ray Charles going on. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#bit #charles #going #good #hear

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#amp #anybody #between #borders #broke

God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away. ↗

— Norah Jones

#away #bless #charles #feet #god

Ray Charles has always been a big part of my life. ↗

— Darius Rucker

#been #big #charles #life #my life

I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried and transformed, and electricity shot through me. ↗

— Boz Scaggs

#concert #electricity #endings #fifteen #fried

Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal. ↗

— Ray Charles

#around #been #behind #big #cake

I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old. ↗

— Joe Cocker

#before #both #charles #get #i

I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go. ↗

— Teri Garr

#anyone #before #charles #cripple #down