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There are many spokes on the w...

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

My version of 'Georgia' became...

My version of 'Georgia' became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It really touched me. Here is a state that used to lynch people like me suddenly declaring my version of a song as its state song. That is touching.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

Learning to read music in Brai...

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

Music is my life, professional...

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

What makes my approach special...

What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

Music's been around a long tim...

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 89 quotes

Other arms reach out to me, Ot...

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

Ray Charles 89 quotes

Music to me is like breathing....

Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

I don't know what would have h...

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

Ray Charles 89 quotes

[On his heroin addiction:] I d...

[On his heroin addiction:] 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 89 quotes

Rhythm and blues used to be ca...

Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. ... This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

Before I begin, let me say rig...

Before I begin, let me say right here and now that I'm a country boy. And, man, I mean the real backwoods! That's at the start of the start of the thing, and that's at the heart of the thing.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

Dreams, if they're any good, a...

Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

Goodbye don't mean gone....

Goodbye don't mean gone.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

I'd like to think that when I ...

I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and kicks in the ass I've gotten over the years for being black and everything else, without actually saying a word about it.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

I got a cow that went dry and ...

I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay, a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

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

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.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

Live each day like it's your l...

Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right

Ray Charles 89 quotes

The words to country songs are...

The words to country songs are very earthy like the blues. They're not as dressed up and the people are very honest and say, 'Look, I miss you darlin', so I went out and got drunk in this bar.' That's the way you say it. Where in Tin Pan Alley they would say, 'Oh I missed you darling, so I went to this restaurant and I sat down and had a dinner for one.' That's cleaned up now, you see? But country and blues tells it like it is.

Ray Charles 89 quotes

Now Listen You know I work so ...

Now Listen You know I work so hard, all day long Everything I try to do, Seem to always turn out wrong That's why I wanna stop by on my way home and say Let's go get stoned

Ray Charles 89 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....