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I did it to myself. It wasnt society... it wasnt a pusher, it wasn

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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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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My music had roots which Id dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil. – Ray Charles

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