“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.”
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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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Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.
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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.
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Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.
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