Latest Ray Charles Quotes from Interviews

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• You never can overwhelm an instrument. You will never get out all that's in an instrument. An instrument will bring you to your limits.

  Ray Charles

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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.

  Ray Charles

  Fall, Play, Guy

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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.

  Ray Charles

  Thinking, Artist, People

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• When I'm having a rehearsal and there are new guys who come in to try out for the job, I always let my conductor rehearse them. Because I don't want the guy to get bent out of shape, because I walk in.

  Ray Charles

  Jobs, Guy, Trying

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• I sing what I sing true. Each night I sing it the way I feel that night.

  Ray Charles

  Night, Way, Feels

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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.

  Ray Charles

  Genius, Legends, Said

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• My mom taught me a lot. A lot about minding your own business and leaving other people's business alone. And let them think what they want.

  Ray Charles

  Mom, Thinking, People

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• I can't help what I sound like. What I sound like is what i am. You know? I cannot be anything other that what I am.

  Ray Charles

  Sound, Helping, Knows

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