Ray Charles Quotes - Famous Quotes by Ray Charles
Born: 1930-09-23
Died: 2004-06-10
Ray Charles Biography
Do it right or don’t do it at all. That comes from my mom. If there’s something I want to do, I’m one of those people that won’t be satisfied until I get it done. If I’m trying to sing something and I can’t get it, I’m going to keep at it until I get where I want it.
- Ray Charles
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I never wanted to be famous; I only wanted to be great.
- Ray Charles
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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.
- Ray Charles
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When I started to sing like myself — as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while — when I started singing like Ray Charles, it had this spiritual and churchy, this religious or gospel sound. It had this holiness and preachy tone to it. It was very controversial. I got a lot of criticism for it.
- Ray Charles
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