1. Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson , known by his stage name Ray Charles, was a blind musician. He brought a soulful sound to country music and pop standards through his Modern Sounds recordings, as well as a rendition of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley more..

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#World

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Ray Charles:You better live every day like your last because one day you're going to be right. #Life and Living

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

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#Mistakes

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Ray Charles:All people look the same to me. #Age and Aging

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Ray Charles: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. #Stupidity

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Ray Charles: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. #Music

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

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#Voting

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#Human Fellowship

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Ray Charles: I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. #Greatness

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#Dance and Dancing

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Ray Charles: I'm not into the money thing. You can only sleep in one bed at a time. You can only eat one meal at a time, or be in one car at a time. So I don't have to have millions of dollars to be happy. All I need are clothes on my back, a decent meal, and a little loving when I feel like it. That's the bottom line. #Money

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Ray Charles:Music is nothing separate from me. It is me... You'd have to remove the music surgically. #Music

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#Habit

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Ray Charles: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. #Love

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Ray Charles:Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine. #Mathematics

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#Infatuation

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Ray Charles: There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles. #Trials

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