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Ray Charles has always been a big part of my life.

I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.

I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer.

My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music.

Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living.

Ray Santos is one of my personal heroes. I model my life on people like him.

I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me.

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.

Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.