Ray Charles Quotes

I took the easy way, and to an extent I regret that. Still, though, the way we did it was honest. We played it and sang it the way we felt it, and there's a lot to be said for that.

True feeling justifies whatever it may cost.

I can't fake emotion.

I've always believed you should sing songs you can really put yourself into. I think the emotion you put into it is just as important as singing the notes.

Singing from the heart is my only goal.

I love you," she said, and I knew she meant it because she spoke the words from the heart at the center of her chest. This, at least, had not been left behind at the hospital.

Goddamn it, FEELING is what I like in art, not CRAFTINESS and the hiding of feelings.

I like a look of Agony, because I know it's true - men do not sham Convulsion, nor simulate, a Throe

If you think and feel what you're supposed to think and feel, hard enough, it'll come out through your eyes - and the camera will see it.

I feel what I sing, and I sing what I feel. Really, that's all I can do.

I never smile unless I mean it.

And if I have a strong point, it's that I like to believe it's not cheap or schmaltzy sentimentality.

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

In singing, you cannot 'cheat' if you want to give emotions to those who are listening. You must have something to tell.

When you cry, you don't look very attractive; you look snotty and blotchy. People seem to manage to cry quite prettily these days, and to me, that smacks of not being very genuine.

I had to try and find a way to express happiness without sounding corny.

I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.

Music is only special when it's coming from a genuine place - it's just energy trapped in a bottle.

My face moves, unlike some actors' do. I guess it's kind of a response to what's happening internally.

Emotional sounds don't lie.

One has to sing from the heart to let it touch the right chords. Unless you enjoy the song, your listener will not either.

There's a large chunk of me in all the parts. As an actor, I got involved largely because I want to let things out. The best acting is that that is most real and the only way to do that, is to genuinely feel it.

People act on the outside the way they feel on the inside.

I have nothing to speak of but my self-and what can I say but what I feel.

The heart must glow before the tongue can gild.