Aretha Robinson: Always remember your promise to me. Never let nobody or nothing turn you into no cripple.
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Aretha Robinson: Always remember your promise to me. Never let nobody or nothing turn you into no cripple.
Della Bea Robinson: He isn't my gift to you, he's your son.
Ray Charles: You told me to find my own voice.
Ray Charles: Man, you told me if I think pennies, I get pennies. I'm thinking dollars, man.
Ray Charles: Rises like mercury on a hot summer day.
Ahmet Ertegun: If you think pennies, Mr. Charles, you get pennies. If you think dollars, you get dollars.
Ray Charles: Don't worry about it, man. If this monkey gets too heavy on my back, I will get an organ grinder and put him to work.
Marlene: I've got some more blackberry cobbler for you!
Aretha Robinson: Always remember your promise to me. Never let nobody or nothing turn you into no cripple.
Della Bea Robinson: He isn't my gift to you, he's your son.
Ray Charles: Man, you told me if I think pennies, I get pennies. I'm thinking dollars, man.
Ray Charles: You told me to find my own voice.
Ray Charles: Don't jive me, man.
Aretha Robinson: Always remember your promise to me. Never let nobody or nothing turn you into no cripple.
Ray Charles: I hear like you see. Like that hummingbird outside the window, for instance. Della Bea Robinson: I can't hear her. Ray Charles: You have to listen. Della Bea Robinson: Yes! Ray Charles: Yeah. Yes, you can... Uh-oh. Did you hear that? Della Bea Robinson: What? Ray Charles: Her heart just skipped a beat.
Fathead Newman: This ain't no weed, Ray. And we ain't snorting no bitch. This is boy! Boy'll make your ass null and void. Ray Charles: Null and void, just like my life.
Jerry Wexler: Ahmet believes we're family here at Atlantic Records. I believe we're family at Atlantic. Obviously you don't. Ahmet wouldn't believe it. You know what he said, Ray? He said you would never turn your back on us. Never for a schlockmeister like Sam Clark. Ha! That's rich. Sam Clark's a corporate slug who wouldn't know the difference between Earl Hines and Art Tatum! We let you grow here, Ray. Nobody's taking credit for your talent, but we nourished it. We let you do your thing. Goddamn it, we deserve better than this. Ray Charles: You know that I appreciate everything you guys have done here, Jerry. Ahmet, I'm very proud of the work we've done here together and Atlantic has done pretty good moneywise on my records, haven't they? Ahmet Ertegun: Yes, we've done very well, Ray. Ray Charles: You're the ones who taught me that making a record is business and find the best business deal that you can. Now seventy-five cents of every dollar and owning my own masters is a pretty damn good deal. Can you match it? Ahmet Ertegun: Ray we would love to match it, but we just can't. That's a better deal than Sinatra gets... I'm very proud of you.
Della Bea Robinson: If only your mama was here. Ray Charles: She's here. She ain't never left.
Aretha Robinson: Somebody'll fetch you when the bus gets to St. Augustine. When your there, show'em this. Aretha Robinson: Tell them your name is Ray Charles Robinson. Aretha Robinson: An' the sandwiches I made, don't eat them all at once... ya hear me? Young Ray Robinson: Mama... please don't make me go away. I'll keep up with the normal kids. I'll be good, just like George. Aretha Robinson: This got nothin' to do with George... I've taken you as far as I can, baby. The teachers at St. Augustine know things I can't teach you. An' you need an education in this world. Young Ray Robinson: I don't want no education! Aretha Robinson: Shh! don't say that! Young Ray Robinson: I don't! I wanna stay here with you! Aretha Robinson: Stop it, Ray! I won't have you livin' hand to mouth like me, you hear? Aretha Robinson: Now... If you wanna do something to make Mama proud, promise me you'll never let nobody turn you into no cripple... You won't become no charity case. An? you will *always* stand on your own two feet. Young Ray Robinson: I promise. Aretha Robinson: I love you baby... I'm so proud of you.
Milt Shaw: You know, Ray, your contract with Atlantic expires in 4 months. Ray Charles: Yeah, I know. Ahmet and Jerry sent me my new contract. They're gonna double my royalties. Milt Shaw: Before we go down that road again I thought I'd check and see what else was out there. Ray Charles: Now, who told you to do that? Atlantic is family. Just like the Shaw agency. Milt Shaw: Ray, my job is to find you the best deal out there. Now, I had a very productive meeting with the folks at ABC Paramount and they are very interested. Ray Charles: No. How interested? Milt Shaw: How about a 50 thousand dollar advance every year for the first three years? You choose your own music. They'll deduct recording costs and pay you 75 percent. Now, look, Ahmet and Jerry are flying in tomorrow night. Will you at least put them off until I have a chance to talk to the boys at ABC? Ray Charles: Well, my mama always said there was nothin' wrong with talkin'.
Ahmet Ertegun: Ray, I'm gonna tell you something and I don't want you to take it the wrong way. Ray Charles: Well, then give it to me right then. Ahmet Ertegun: I signed you because I sensed something special in you not because you sound like Nate Cole or Charles Brown. Ray Charles: But I thought you liked what I do. Ahmet Ertegun: Look we love the tenor of your voice, your vituosity, your energy... Ray Charles: But not my music. Ahmet Ertegun: Man, I didn't say that. Ray Charles: Look, Ahmet, this is what I do. I gotta make a living. This is what the people want. I don't know no other way. Ahmet Ertegun: Well we gotta help you find one. Look, let's try a little change of pace. Your familiar with stride piano? Ray Charles: You kidding me, man? The man I learned the piano from was a stride player. Ahmet Ertegun: Okay, I've got a song. It's called the Mess Around. Ray Charles: Mess around. Cute title. Who wrote it? Ahmet Ertegun: I did. Ray Charles: Oh. You wrote it. Well, sing it to me, man. Ahmet Ertegun: Sing it? Ray Charles: Yeah, it's not like I can read the lyrics. Ahmet Ertegun: Alright. It's in the key of G. Ray Charles: Key of G. Ahmet Ertegun: No. More like a Pete Johnson kind of thing. Ray Charles: Pete Johnson. Ahmet Ertegun: Yeah, yeah. That's good. Ray Charles: Oh, you like that? Okay, let's go.
Jack Lauderdale: Smell that, Ray? It's the smell of success. We're in LA now. A place where the negro can really spread his wings and fly. Ray Charles: I know my ears ain't deceivin' me. Is that Art Tatum I hear? Jack Lauderdale: The one and only. You wanna meet him? Ray Charles: I, I really couldn't, man, Art Tatum's the most. Jack Lauderdale: So, listen, Ray, we gotta talk about your name, man. Robinson. I mean, Sugar Ray got the Robinson frachinse sowed up. So I'm thinkin' we go with your middle name, Charles. As in Ray Charles. Ray Charles: I don't care what you call me man as long as my name's the one on the record. Jack Lauderdale: Yeah, well, we gonna toast to that. Lowell Fulson: Hey! What's the haps, Jack! Jack Lauderdale: My man! Lowell Folson, meet your new piano player, Ray Charles. Lowell Fulson: Ray Charles. The Blind Sensation. Jack Lauderdale: Oooo, damn! We gonna use that on the album cover. Ray Charles: He's the real sensation. Mr. Fulson, I been listenin' to your music for year. Lowell Fulson: Hey, the man's got taste. Jack Lauderdale: Yeah, and the man ain't never been on the road with a band before so you gonna look after him while you're out there, right? Lowell Fulson: Hey, like he was my own brother.
Joe Adams: This foyer is designed to impress anybody who walks in the door. There's a big winding staircase, just like "Gone with the Wind". Ray Charles: We should get our portraits painted, like Rhett and Scarlett.
Gossie McKee: You need watching out for and he ain't got time to look after you the way I been looking after you. Ray Charles: Is that what you been doing, Gossie, watching out for me? Is that why you get paid double what I do? Gossie McKee: Who told you that? Ray Charles: Well it's true, ain't it? You and Marlene been gaming me ever since I got here. Marlene: Ray, baby, listen... Ray Charles: I ain't got to listen to you! Gossie McKee: Listen Ray, I been meaning to talk to you about that. Ray Charles: Then why aren't you talking? Gossie McKee: Look Ray, let's not do nothing stupid. Ray Charles: I might be blind, but I ain't stupid!
Jeff Brown: Where you from Ray? Ray Charles: North Florida. Jeff Brown: Old North Florida boy. Your people still down there? Ray Charles: Naw. Jeff Brown: All right. Hey, pardon me for asking, but how do you get around so good without a cane or a dog? Ray Charles: How do you get around so good without a cane or a dog? Jeff Brown: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry. Ray Charles: My ears gotta be my eyes, man. Everything sounds different, you know? That's why I wear hard sole shoes so I can hear the echo of my footsteps off the wall. When I pass by an open doorway the sound changes. Jeff Brown: Wow, that's cool. Ray Charles: You gotta learn pretty quick if you want to get around on your own.
Oberon: You know, Marlene and Gossie's the ones running the game on you, Ray. They sliced up the pie the first night you played. Thirty-five percent off the top. Plus Gossie's double scale as leader. Ray Charles: Leader. If anyone's leadin' the band I'm the leader! You know what? Forget the bohumps. I'm goin' my own way. Oberon: Who's gonna book your gigs? Marlene's got you locked up and she ain't about to let her golden goose go. Lady in Rain: Straighten up and fly right. Cool down papa don't you blow your top. Lady in Rain: Ray Robinson you are fan-tastic. Oberon: There you go man. Gimme some skin. Ray Charles: What's this? Oberon: Jack's card. I got his number at the hotel
Jack Lauderdale: So Ray, we got to talk about your name, man. Robinson. I mean, Sugar Ray got to Robinson franchise all sewed up. So I'm thinking we go with your middle name: Charles. As in "Ray Charles." Ray Charles: I don't care what you call me, man, just as long as my name is on the record.
Aretha Robinson: If you want to do something to make your mama proud, promise me. Promise me you won't let nobody turn you into no cripple, you won't become no charity case, and you'll stand on your own two feet. Young Ray Robinson: I promise. Aretha Robinson: I love you, baby. I'm so proud of you.
Ray Charles: Could you do me a favor and close that bag? Quincy Jones: What's wrong with you? You got two hands. You can close it yourself. Ray Charles: I got two feet too. Could you close the bag?
Ray Charles: I have a question for all of you. How would you like to go on the road with me? Margie Hendricks: Um, how much you gonna pay us? Ray Charles: Ahmet takes care of all of that. Margie Hendricks: You mean he don't listen to you? Ray Charles: You better know he does. Don't worry about it. Brother Ray will take care of all of you, honey. Margie Hendricks: Well my mama taught me to take care of myself, honey. Ray Charles: Well is your mother here? Margie Hendricks: No she's not, but I speak for us. Ray Charles: Okay Speak For Us, how about $20 a week. Margie Hendricks: We'll take $40. Each. Ray Charles: Forty each? Margie Hendricks: You heard me! Ray Charles: Naw! How about $25. Margie Hendricks: We'll take $30. Ray Charles: I better say yes before you talk me out of my drawers. Ray Charles: Is it a deal? Margie Hendricks: Oh! Yeah! Ray Charles: You'll be called the Raelettes. Margie Hendricks: Does that mean we have to let Ray? Ray Charles: Oh, what am I gonna do with you? Margie Hendricks: I'm sure you'll think of something.
Ray Charles: Marge is drunk, Jeff. Go home and sleep it off. Jeff Brown: Let me take you home. Margie Hendricks: No. I'll leave when I'm good and goddamn ready to. Ray Charles: She's good and goddamn ready right now.
Della Bea Robinson: You have got to stop this now because there is something you love more then me... Ray Charles: No, don't say that, Bea... Della Bea Robinson: ...there is something you love more then me, the children, and every woman you ever slept with. Ray Charles: No, don't say that, Bea. You know I love you more then anythin' Della Bea Robinson: It's your music! Della Bea Robinson: And if you keep usin' that needle they'll take away your music and put you in *jail!* Is that what you want?
Title card: As celebrated as he became, he never forgot his roots, contributing over $20 million to African-American Colleges and charities for the blind and deaf. Title card: Ray kept his promise. He never touched heroin again.
Della Bea Robinson: I'm having second thoughts about this. I don't know nobody in L.A. Ray Charles: Look, Bea, I don't want my kids growing up in the South. Now L.A. is where, you know, a Negro can spread his wings and fly. Della Bea Robinson: Ray, my whole family is in Texas. Ray Charles: That's why we're moving to L.A.
Ray Charles: If I feel the music, that means it's real. Quincy Jones: No, it ain't. Ray Charles is a sell-out. The blind Liberace, leaving those Rocking Chair roots behind.
Della Bea Robinson: That stuff kills people, Ray. Now you've gotta stop it. Ray Charles: I don't have to do a *goddamn* thing!
Ray Charles: I want you to promise me something. Promise you won't feel sorry for me just because I'm blind. Della Bea Robinson: How can I pity someone I admire?
Fathead Newman: Ray, this fool, Joe Adams, is trying to fine me for being late. Ray Charles: What time did you get here? Fathead Newman: What? Just now. The band's still setting up. Jeff never... Joe Adams: I'm not Jeff. Fathead Newman: That's a fact, Jack. Jeff Brown: Ray, you said the band was my thing. Ray Charles: That's right, I did. Jeff Brown: Fathead, you go on back to rehearsal. Fathead Newman: Ray! You know how it is, you've been there. Jeff Brown: Fathead, go on now. I'll take care of this. Ray you want to tell me what's going on man? Joe Adams: I'm not doing anything I haven't been asked to do. Ray's running a business. He shouldn't have to waste time hearing why people were late. Jeff Brown: I'm not talking to you, Joe. I'm talking to Ray.
Della Bea Robinson: Let me call you a cab. Ray Charles: I got it. Three blocks up, left for two, right for one, fifteen giant steps and I'm at the Crystal White Hotel. Hello!
Joe Adams: You don't have to talk to Ray, you're talking to me. Fathead Newman: I'll talk to whoever I damn well please and it sure as hell ain't you.
Oberon: I asked Marlene for a raise the other day. You know what she said. She said I should be grateful I ain't back at the circus, getting out of a car with ten other midgets. Ray Charles: That's Marlene. Oberon: Bitch knew just how to shut me up, threatening to take away my bacon. 'Cause you know man. When I'm up on that stage with a mic in my hand, and the lights in my face, ain't nobody bigger than me. Nobody baby. Ray Charles: Yeah, when I'm up there playin', I mean they really shut up and listen. Nobody lookin' down on me, or no bad dreams. I'm home free. Oberon: You know, Marlene and Gossie are the ones running the game on you Ray. They sliced up the pie the first night you played. Thirty-five percent off the top. Plus Gossie's double scale as leader. Ray Charles: Leader? If anyone should be getting paid for being the leader I'm the one leading the band.
Marlene: I've got some more blackberry cobbler for you!
