His father had taught him to never be taken advantage of or be disrespected, ... Songwriting and publishing were far more important for income than making records. It took Sam two minutes to recognize that the publishing deal he'd signed in 1957 was very disadvantageous to him. Peter Guralnick
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![When he went pop, he consciously bleached out the sound with 'You Send Me' [and others]. It was not accidental. - Peter Guralnick Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=V2hlbiBoZSB3ZW50IHBvcCwgaGUgY29uc2Npb3VzbHkgYmxlYWNoZWQgb3V0IHRoZSBzb3VuZCB3aXRoICdZb3UgU2VuZCBNZScgW2FuZCBvdGhlcnNdLiBJdCB3YXMgbm90IGFjY2lkZW50YWwuIA==&author=ICBQZXRlciBHdXJhbG5pY2sgICAg&num=13 "When he went pop, he consciously bleached out the sound with 'You Send Me' [and others]. It was not accidental. - Peter Guralnick Quotes")
![[The song, based on an old gospel song, was] the fusion of all the elements that till then had simply failed to coalesce, ... It was the uninhibited, altogether abandoned sound of the church; it was the keening, ecstatic voicings by which the world has come to know Ray Charles best. - Peter Guralnick Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W1RoZSBzb25nLCBiYXNlZCBvbiBhbiBvbGQgZ29zcGVsIHNvbmcsIHdhc10gdGhlIGZ1c2lvbiBvZiBhbGwgdGhlIGVsZW1lbnRzIHRoYXQgdGlsbCB0aGVuIGhhZCBzaW1wbHkgZmFpbGVkIHRvIGNvYWxlc2NlLCAuLi4gSXQgd2FzIHRoZSB1bmluaGliaXRlZCwgYWx0b2dldGhlciBhYmFuZG9uZWQgc291bmQgb2YgdGhlIGNodXJjaDsgaXQgd2FzIHRoZSBrZWVuaW5nLCBlY3N0YXRpYyB2b2ljaW5ncyBieSB3aGljaCB0aGUgd29ybGQgaGFzIGNvbWUgdG8ga25vdyBSYXkgQ2hhcmxlcyBiZXN0LiA=&author=ICBQZXRlciBHdXJhbG5pY2sgICAg&num=11 "[The song, based on an old gospel song, was] the fusion of all the elements that till then had simply failed to coalesce, ... It was the uninhibited, altogether abandoned sound of the church; it was the keening, ecstatic voicings by which the world has come to know Ray Charles best. - Peter Guralnick Quotes")
