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Give It Up For Ray Charles And His Beautiful Legacy. And Thank You, Ray Charles, For Living.

What I've Noticed Is That When People Win Huge And They Have Those Huge, Huge Successes, Sometimes They Forget About The Actual Acting Of It, And Sometimes It's Hard To Come Down From Their Perch.

It's Hard To Be A Celebrity Nowadays. It's Not About Your Track Record Anymore. If You Have A Great Movie, You're Good. If Not, People Are Ready To Write You Off. I Think The Only Ones Who Are Really Winning Are People Like Will Smith. People Go, 'oh, It's Will Smith. I've Got To See Him, Whatever He's In.'

We Can't Wave A Magic Wand And Get Rid Of Any Of These People's Problems, But What They Want Is They Want To Be Heard.

In Our Music, In Our Everyday Life, There Are So Many Negative Things. Why Not Have Something Positive And Stamp It With Blackness?