"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."

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Source : Ray Charles (2004). “Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story”

Ray Charles

#Inspiring Quotes #Music Quotes #Heart Quotes

“When you're are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. Its more important than that.”
“On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.”
“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”

Source : Simone de Beauvoir (1953). “The second sex”, Vintage
“Don't kill!... The fly is asking you To save his life By rubbing his hands together”

Source : Issa Kobayashi (1960). “The year of my life”
“Read, read, read, read, read. Read everything. You canâ€™t work unless you know the world, and outside of living in the world the best way to learn about the world is to read about it.”
“I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.”
“That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Some of the young photographers today enter photography where I leave off. My "grandchildren" astound me. What I worked for they seem to be born with. So I wonder where Their affirmations of Spirit will lead. My wish for them is that their unfolding proceeds to fullness of Spirit, however astonishing or anguished their lives.”

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