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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 Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel (1998)

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

Wisdom for the Soul of Black Folk (2007)

Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.

Brother Ray : Ray Charles' Own Story (1978)

Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. … This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it.

I was born with music inside me.

Brother Ray : Ray Charles' Own Story (1978)

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

Brother Ray : Ray Charles' Own Story (1978)

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