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Ahmet Ertegun:
If you think pennies, Mr. Charles, you get pennies. If you think dollars, you get dollars
If you think pennies, Mr. Charles, you get pennies. If you think dollars, you get dollars
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I mean, even Joe Morris is struggling.
His band's had a hit record.
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But, Ahmet, listen,
I'm not Joe Morris.
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Man, you told me if I think
pennies, I get pennies.
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I'm thinking dollars, man.
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Ruth Brown's got
a tour booked in Georgia.
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She needs a band.
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I ... I'll take it.
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I could write the charts
for her, I ... I could do backup,
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and also be an openin' act.
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Movie Summary
The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.

