Other arms reach out to me, Other eyes smile tenderly, Still in peaceful dreams I see, The road leads back to you.

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.

Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal.

I really feel that if you're gonna be good, you gotta practice... Practice whatever the hell you do.

I used to sing like Nat King Cole. I mean he was the guy when I was comin' up, and you know, man, people used to say of me, "Damn, he sure do sound like Nat King Cole." But there was a day, and luckily for me it was early, when I woke up and asked myself, "Well, when are the ask me to sing because I sound like me?" So my advice is, never do anything that you don't like.

Nowadays they say you need a special chip to put in the TV so kids can't watch this and that. In my day, we didn't need a chip. My mom was the chip. End of story.

Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy.