Ray Charles Quotes
Music is about the only thing left that people don't fight over.
Lydon, Michael. Ray Charles: Man and Music. Routledge, 1998.
He works were banned and he was banished by both the North Vietnamese and the South Vietnamese during the Vietnam War where he tried to be a mediator and was present at the Paris Peace Talks. As late as 2007 he was still not allowed into Vietnam.
Explaining his practice of not engaging in public debate over historical policies and disagreements that occurred when he was in office:
Ray Charles Robinson was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. Among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called "Brother Ray." He was often referred to as "The Genius." Charles was blinded during childhood due to glaucoma.
