Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory. – Ray Charles
Musics been around a long time, and theres going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If its a big record, thats the frosting on the cake, but musics the main meal. – Ray Charles
Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor. – Ray Charles
Its mainly about working hard and proving to people youre serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot of actors make, particularly young ones, is allowing themselves to feel that theyre the finished articles, the bees knees, and its not true. – Daniel Radcliffe
Oprah was not somebody who was telling us what to do, she wasnt really teaching us like so many people we see today. With Oprah, she was learning and we were learning with her. And I think thats really was the seed that was planted for all of us to just hang in there with her. – Bonnie Hunt