June 10, 2004

music's the main meal

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Ray Charles acknowledges the applause after his performance at Avery Fisher Hall in New York, July 7, 1983, during the annual Kool Jazz Festival.  (AP/File)

Blues Brother Ray Charles died today.

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"Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead," he told the Washington Post in 1983.  "I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind.  If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal."

Ray Charles, from an article by Anthony Brezican
of the The Associated Press
published June 10, 2004.

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