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The fact of the matter is, yo...

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

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Do it right or don't do it at...

Do it right or don't do it at all. That comes from my mom. If there's something I want to do, I'm one of those people that won't be satisfied until I get it done. If I'm trying to sing something and I can't get it, I'm going to keep at it until I get where I want it.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

You ask me what I'd like to d...

You ask me what I'd like to do that I haven't done and I say 'Nothin'!' I haven't any mountains to climb or oceans to swim. I've been an extremely blessed individual. ... I'm not clamorin' for more trinkets. If I were to die tomorrow, I could say I've had a good life.

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I don't sing a song unless I ...

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.

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Other arms reach out to me, O...

Other arms reach out to me, Other eyes smile tenderly, Still in peaceful dreams I see, The road leads back to you.

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There's such a thing as too m...

There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment.

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You got to set your mind righ...

You got to set your mind right and the rest will come to you naturally. No restrictions, no hang-ups, no stupid rules, no formalities, no forbidden fruit - just everyone getting and giving as much as he and she can.

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I can't help what I sound lik...

I can't help what I sound like. What I sound like is what i am. You know? I cannot be anything other that what I am.

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Just because you can't see an...

Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.

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Music is the chalk to the bla...

Music is the chalk to the blackboard of life. Without it everything is a blank slate

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I never considered myself par...

I never considered myself part of rock 'n' roll. My stuff was more adult. It was more difficult for teenagers to relate to; my stuff was filled with more despair than anything you'd associate with rock 'n' roll. Since I couldn't see people dancing, I didn't write jitterbugs or twists. I wrote rhythms that moved me. My style requires pure heart singing.

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I'm not into the money thing....

I'm not into the money thing. You can only sleep in one bed at a time. You can only eat one meal at a time, or be in one car at a time. So I don't have to have millions of dollars to be happy. All I need are clothes on my back, a decent meal, and a little loving when I feel like it. That's the bottom line.

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I was born with music inside ...

I was born with music inside me

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I'm not a jazz singer, blues ...

I'm not a jazz singer, blues singer or country singer. I'm a singer that can sing rhythm & blues, that can sing jazz, that can sing country. There's a big difference. In other words, I'm not a specialist.

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I don't know about other writ...

I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write with the telephone and the doorbell ringing and conversation going on; I'm not that good a writer to write through all that!

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People couldn't understand wh...

People couldn't understand why my mama would have this blind kid out doing things like cutting wood for the fire. But her thing was: He may be blind, but he ain't stupid.

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Any artist, when he goes in t...

Any artist, when he goes in to record, should have the feeling that any song he records can be a hit. This may sound egotistical, but it makes sense.

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I suppose I've always done my...

I suppose I've always done my share of crying, especially when there's no other way to contain my feelings. I know that men ain't supposed to cry, but I think that's wrong. Crying's always been a way for me to get things out which are buried deep, deep down. When I sing, I often cry. Crying is feeling, and feeling is being human. Oh yes, I cry.

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There's nothing written in th...

There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, 'If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles.'

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I've always been the kind of ...

I've always been the kind of person who, if there's anything that can kill me, I want to know something about it.

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