Ray Charles Quotes

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Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine.
Ray Charles

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.
Ray Charles

I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.
Ray Charles

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.
Ray Charles
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I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.
Ray Charles

Just like you can buy grades of silk, you can buy grades of justice.
Ray Charles
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Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.
Ray Charles

Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.
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