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Top 60 Ray Charles Quotes (2025 Update)
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Ray Charles Quote: “I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent.”

51. “I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent.”

— Ray Charles

Ray Charles Quote: “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.”

52. “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.”

— Ray Charles

Ray Charles Quote: “My music had roots which I’d dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.”

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

— Ray Charles

Ray Charles Quote: “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.”

54. “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

Ray Charles Quote: “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.”

55. “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

Ray Charles Quote: “Sighted people, you gotta deal with them.”

56. “Sighted people, you gotta deal with them.”

— Ray Charles

Ray Charles Quote: “Goodbye don’t mean gone.”

57. “Goodbye don’t mean gone.”

— Ray Charles

Ray Charles Quote: “I set my own rhythm and it was usually a little faster than other people’s.”

58. “I set my own rhythm and it was usually a little faster than other people’s.”

— Ray Charles

Ray Charles Quote: “If somebody don’t like something that I do, that’s his or her prerogative. Just like it’s mine.”

59. “If somebody don’t like something that I do, that’s his or her prerogative. Just like it’s mine.”

— Ray Charles

Ray Charles Quote: “I sing what I sing true. Each night I sing it the way I feel that night.”

60. “I sing what I sing true. Each night I sing it the way I feel that night.”

— Ray Charles

Ray Charles Quote: “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.”

61. “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

Ray Charles Quote: “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.”

62. “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.”

— Ray Charles

Ray Charles Quote: “Nowadays they say you need a special chip to put in the TV so kids can’t watch this and that. In my day, we didn’t need a chip. My mom was the chip. End of story.”

63. “Nowadays they say you need a special chip to put in the TV so kids can’t watch this and that. In my day, we didn’t need a chip. My mom was the chip. End of story.”

— Ray Charles

Ray Charles Quote: “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.”

64. “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

Ray Charles Quote: “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.”

65. “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

Ray Charles Quote: “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.”

66. “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

Ray Charles Quote: “Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.”

67. “Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.”

— Ray Charles

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