A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
Only here, because of the illusion of intellectualism, our society separates the validity of human expression.
Once something is memorable, it's living and you're using it. That to me is the foundation of a creative society.
Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.
I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer.
He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.
The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality.
My childhood was marked by seizures, which my family interpreted as temper tantrums.
Even when I'm sick and depressed, I love life.
For many people, music is here to let them forget the daily chores of life.
When you love somebody and they die young and you are young, too, it is very hard.
When you listen to Ray Charles, there's never any doubt whose voice that is.
The average American's day planner has fewer holes in it than Ray Charles's dart board.
Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.
This could never be a crime in any society which deems himself enlightened.
It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest.
I get up in the morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop.
It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.
Saints make wonderful grandfathers and lousy husbands.
