Ray Charles

My music had roots which I’d dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried…

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn…

Music’s been around a long time, and there’s going to be music long after Ray…

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy…

I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my…

What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues…

I did it to myself. It wasn’t society… it wasn’t a pusher, it wasn’t being…

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great…