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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.
Ray Charles
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Ray Charles
Age: 71 †
Born: 1932
Born: September 23
Died: 2004
Died: June 10
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Sometimes my dreams are so deep that I dream that I'm dreaming.
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Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.
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[On his heroin addiction:] 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.
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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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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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Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more, no more, no more, no more. Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more.
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The important thing is to feel your music, really feel it and believe it.
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Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right
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