166 Quotes by Ray Charles

I never said I was a genius. I never said I was a cornerstone. I've never said I'm a legend in my own time. You never heard me say nothing like that.

I was born with music inside me

What I've got to live up to, is being myself. If I do that, the rest will take care of itself.

Sighted people, you gotta deal with them.

Art Tatum -- he was a genius. And Einstein, not me.

I can't help what I sound like. What I sound like is what i am. You know? I cannot be anything other that what I am.

There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment.

Drunken talk isn’t meant to be printed in the paper.

Crying's always been a way for me to get things out which are buried deep, deep down. When I sing, I often cry. Crying is feeling, and feeling is being human.