You better live every day like your last because one…

You better live every day like your last because one day you’re going to be right.

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My music had roots which I’d dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil. - View Quote Details on My music had roots which I’d dug up from my…
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 necessity for me, like food or water. - View Quote Details on I was born with music inside me. Music was one…
All people look the same to me. - View Quote Details on All people look the same to me.
What is a soul? It’s like electricity — we don’t really know what it is, but it’s a force that can light a room. - View Quote Details on What is a soul? It’s like electricity — we don’t…
Tell your Mama
Tell your Pa
Gonna send you back to Arkansas - View Quote Details on Tell your Mama
Tell your Pa
Gonna send you back…
The fact of the matter is, you don’t give up what’s natural. Anything I’ve fantasized about, I’ve done. - View Quote Details on The fact of the matter is, you don’t give up…
Music has been around a long time, and there’s going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to leave my mark, leave something musically good behind. - View Quote Details on Music has been around a long time, and there’s going…
I got a woman way over town,
That’s good to me, Oh yeah! - View Quote Details on I got a woman way over town,
That’s good to…
Music is nothing separate from me. It is me… You’d have to remove the music surgically. - View Quote Details on Music is nothing separate from me. It is me… You’d…
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. - View Quote Details on I started to sing like myself — as opposed to…