#ray charles

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

The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport. ↗

— Van Morrison

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There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing for me as a youth was jazz. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

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Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

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Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

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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

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

— Jamie Foxx

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