I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.

A singer's biographical film should have their music and their voice.

Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.

Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are - get recorded.

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

I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

There's been so much bad blood between the Kurds and the Turks.