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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

How do they sound?

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Ray Charles (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an accomplished musician considered by some to be the greatest of the age. He was both black and blind. On one occasion a black colleague of his objected to some of the musicians that were playing in Ray's band because they were white.

Ray responded, "They don't sound white."
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  1. TomSeptember 8, 2011 at 7:38 AM

    A black woman once told me that Ray Charles was a great black musician. I replied that Ray’s greatness required no qualification to which she replied, “thank you”.

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