If You Can Play The Blues, You

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.

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.

Sighted People, You Gotta Deal With Them.

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 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.