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Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recog

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor. – Ray Charles

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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. – Ray Charles

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I did it to myself. It wasnt society… it wasnt a pusher, it wasnt being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing. – Ray Charles

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What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man. – Ray Charles

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I always knew Id be in music in some sort of capacity. I didnt know if Id be successful at it, but I knew Id be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star. – Bryan Adams

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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart. – Henry Ward Beecher

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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer. – Marcus Aurelius

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As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually. – Julie Andrews

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