“Learning to read music in Braille & play by ear helped me develop a [very] good memory.”

“Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy. ”

“I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a neces...”

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

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

“Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the f...”

“A cheap writer has an expensive thoughts.”

“It's rewarding if you have an opportunity to do something or to serve, you always give in your best. The world has changed, yes! But that shouldn't make you behave otherwise to the detriment of you...”

“The people of great value are the people who have a noble inner man”

“I never speak in silence.”

“Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.”

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”

“I wanted to be a teacher.”