Ray Charles

“I started to sing like myself”

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

“Music has 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. As quoted "Words of the Week" in Jet magazine, Vol. 64, No. 6 (25 April 1983), p. 40”

“Rhythm and blues used to be called race music . … This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it. Pop Chronicles : Show 55”

“A symposium on soul”

“Soul is when you take a song and make it a part of you”

“Yeah yeah, what'd I say, all right Well, tell me what'd I say, yeah Tell me what'd I say right now Tell me what'd I say "What'd I Say", from the album What'd I Say”

“Hey mama, don't you treat me wrong, Come and love your daddy all night long. All right now, hey hey, all right. See the girl with the diamond ring; She knows how to shake that thing. All right now now now, hey hey, hey hey. Tell your mama, tell your pa, I'm gonna send you back to Arkansas. Oh yes, ma'm, you don't do right, don't do right. " What'd I Say ", from the album What'd I Say”

“I got a woman way over town, That's good to me, Oh yeah! " I Got a Woman ", written with Renald Richard”

“You gotta know how to get to people's heart Pop Chronicles : Show 15”