"My music had roots which I’d dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil." ― Ray Charles Topic(s): Music More From Ray Charles "I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great." "Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap." "I did it to myself. It wasn’t society… it wasn’t a pusher, it wasn’t being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing." More In Music "Hopefully people can see my music is tethered to my brain."― John Mayer "Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion – very powerful emotions. That’s what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and – people identify with that."― Annie Lennox "When someone pursues music through your music, that’s the greatest accolade anybody can get."― Rick Springfield