Ray Charles

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

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

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

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.

My music had roots which I’d dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.

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.

Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past.

There’s no limit to the things you can do.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

Scream in silence. Dance in stillness.

Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.

The problem is that for women, the average time is just over 14 minutes… men are left with about 12 minutes during which time they need to think of something to do!

Very jaded and tired and depressed and cross…Must fill my mind with air and light, and walk and blanket it in fog.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I’m not saying that’s bad.

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

There are certain things we come into this world having to defeat.

You cannot be who and what you are unless you have a lifestyle, both internally and externally, that is designed to support that definition of self.

This is not new territory. Stop lights like lullabies write my eulogy.