37 ordspråk av Ray Charles

Ray Charles

Ray Charles föddes den 23 september 1930 och dog den 10 juni 2004 - US singer
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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.

Poverty

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.

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.

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

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

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.

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.

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

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

Kärlek är ett speciellt ord och jag använder det bara när jag menar det. Om jag säger det för mycket så blir det urvattnat.

Love

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

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.

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

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.

What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room

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.

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