Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Ray Charles' revolutionary approach to music was also reflected in his politics and his deep and abiding commitment to Martin Luther King and the plight of African-Americans. Ray Charles may not have been on the front lines, but he put his money where his mouth was.
Ray had so much love of life and the music. He had so much integrity. He treated the music with so much dignity and respect. I spent four and a half years as a sideman with Ray Brown's trio. Music was his life, more so than anyone I could mention.
God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.
Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.
My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music.
Ray Charles has always been a big part of my life.
If nothing else, we grew up loving the old blues artists and Ray Charles.
Guys like me and Ray Charles, when we was coming up through our days, country music and soul music was just a very thin line between the two.
Who isn't a fan of Ray Charles?
When I was a kid, I always looked up to people like B.B. King and Ray Charles.
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