"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me - like food or water."

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Ray Charles was an American singer, pianist, and bandleader who helped define modern soul music. His work fused gospel, rhythm and blues, jazz, and country into a new mainstream sound. He became one of the most influential performers in 20th-century American music.

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