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Ray Charles Inspirational Quotes (47)

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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.
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It's like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good.
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I never said I was a genius. I never said I was a cornerstone. I've never said I'm a legend in my own time. You never heard me say nothing like that.
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I don't think any of us really knows why we're here. But I think we're supposed to believe we're here for a purpose.
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Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy.
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I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind.
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Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. ... This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it.
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You got to set your mind right and the rest will come to you naturally. No restrictions, no hang-ups, no stupid rules, no formalities, no forbidden fruit - just everyone getting and giving as much as he and she can.
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Just like you can buy grades of silk, you can buy grades of justice.
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Music is nothing separate from me. It is me... You'd have to remove the music surgically.
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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.'
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I'm a firm believer in God himself, but that's as far as I can go. I'm not any denomination. I'm not Catholic or Presbyterian or Baptist or Methodist or Jewish or Muslim. I'm none of those things. And I'm sure that's just fine with God.
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I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of
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Sometimes my dreams are so deep that I dream that I'm dreaming.
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I always stay out of the rehearsal room you know when they first come in. Then once they had chance to play a little bit, then I walk in. Because I've seen guys fall apart.
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I cant retire from music any more than I can retire from my liver. Youd have to remove the music from me surgically—like you were taking out my appendix.
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There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment.
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I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.
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Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right
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Other arms reach out to me, Other eyes smile tenderly, Still in peaceful dreams I see, The road leads back to you.
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I think that most great artists who are extremely known, as I am, would intimidate a lot of people. I don't want to do that to people, but I know I do.
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I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent.
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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
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Art Tatum -- he was a genius. And Einstein, not me.
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