You never can overwhelm an instrument. You will never get out all that's in an instrument. An instrument will bring you to your limits.
Ray CharlesMusic to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.
Ray CharlesIt's like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good.
Ray Charles[On his heroin addiction:] I did it to myself. It wasn't society...it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.
Ray Charles