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I've always been the kind of person who, if there's anything that can kill me, I want to know something about it.

~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.

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What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.

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Mama was a country woman with a whole lot of common sense. She understood what most of our neighbors didn't - that I shouldn't grow dependent on anyone except myself. 'One of these days, I ain't gonna be here,' she kept hammering inside my head.

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Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond.

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I met Quincy Jones in Seattle. We were kids together... liked each other when we met and have been close ever since. He wasn't writing when we met - in fact, I more or less started him off to write; voicing, harmony, and stuff like that.

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I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write with the telephone and the doorbell ringing and conversation going on; I'm not that good a writer to write through all that!

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Any artist, when he goes in to record, should have the feeling that any song he records can be a hit. This may sound egotistical, but it makes sense.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: September 23rd, 1930

Died: June 10th, 2004

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