Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Ray Charles quotes, Ray Charles sayings, and Ray Charles proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.Ray Charles
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Music is to me like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tire of music!Ray Charles
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Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.Ray Charles
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Music is about the only thing left that people don't fight over.Ray Charles
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Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears / While we all sup sorrow with the poor / There's a song that will linger forever in our ears / Oh, hard times, come again no moreRay Charles
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Tis the song, the sigh of the weary / Hard times, hard times, come again no more / Many a days you have lingered around my cabin door / Oh, hard times, come again no moreRay Charles
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While we seek mirth and beauty and music, light and gay / There are frail forms fainting at the door / Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say / Oh, hard times, come again no moreRay Charles
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My mother told me / 'Fore she passed away / Said son when I'm gone / Don't forget to pray / Cause there'll be hard times / Lord those hard times / Who knows better than I?Ray Charles
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Well I soon found out / Just what she meant / When I had to pawn my clothes / Just to pay the rentRay Charles
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I had a woman / Who was always around / But when I lost my money / She put me downRay Charles
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Night time is the right time, to be with the one you love. Ray Charles
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Don't you talk about God! You have any idea how it feels to go blind and still be afraid of the dark? And every day, you stand and pray just for a little light, and you don't get nothing. Cause God don't listen to people like me.Ray Charles
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As long as I can stand it, God, I'll keep on keeping on.Ray Charles
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I never learned to stop at the skin. If I looked at a man or a woman, I wanted to see inside. Being distracted by shading or coloring is stupid. It gets in the way. It's something I just can't see.Ray Charles
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Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.Ray Charles
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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.Ray Charles
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Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond.Ray Charles
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As long as I can stand it, God, I'll keep on keeping on.Ray Charles
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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 anything like that.Ray Charles