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"Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be…" — Ray Charles

c. 1993(Approximate date)· Ray Charles (speaker)

“Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond. But when I was doing this album I wasn't trying to create an overall message. It just turned out that we got some songs that had something to say.”
Speaker
Ray Charles
Occasion
Jet, "Ray Charles: Sings 'My World' To Show Concern For Families And Peace" (May 3, 1993), p.54

Ray Charles on the power of music, from a 1993 Jet feature on *My World* — the album that carried the first recording of [[2002-07-23-none-of-us-are-free|None of Us Are Free]].

Sources & citations

  1. 1.en.wikipedia.orgwikipedia
  2. 2.books.google.comwebsite
"Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be…" — Ray Charles · We've Been Protesting