#ray charles

There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland. ↗

— Johnny Winter

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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

#american music #beginning #changed #charles #his

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

— Taylor Hackford

#exclusively #i #life #my life #ray

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

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

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