Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.

Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.

Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.

The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport.

Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.

I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox.