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

I grew up singing Ray Charles and Jimmy Reed.

The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport.

I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox.

Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.

Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.