Am stärksten / Strongest Beeinflussen / Influence Charles Mentoren / Mentors Mir / Me Ray Charles Sänger / Singer Stolz / Proud Strahl / Ray
Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.
I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me.
I grew up singing Ray Charles and Jimmy Reed.
All the violence in videos and movies, you can't tell me that that wouldn't influence a disturbed person.
Who isn't a fan of Ray Charles?
I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me.
I saw Ray Charles at Massey Hall.
I'm a Mommy's Girl - the strongest influence in my young life was my mom.
There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing for me as a youth was jazz.
