We had a few conversations together about it.

I just think he liked to sing.

Music, for him, had no categories.

According to him, as long as you had a taste for singing, you could perform anything.

He didn't want to be locked into a musical genre.

He confessed to me at the end of his career that he had created his own record company to be able to perform any type of repertoire without being forced to respect the demands of a label or the classifications of the recording market. " 

It was a hell of a time for me! I did not expect this ... Mr. Adams told me the following: Ray Charles felt that I was the ideal person to take care of this foundation and believed in me. In other words, I wouldn't have stayed with him for so long if he hadn't had faith in me. However, it was a real surprise for me to become the president of the Ray Charles foundation. Our mission is to perpetuate the heritage and cultural heritage of Ray Charles. Originally, it was the Robinson Foundation dedicated to deaf and hard of hearing children. For him, the inability to hear was a much greater handicap than the inability to see. So he created this structure so that children could get hearing aids.Seeing him rejoice at the first results was a real satisfaction for all of us. From 1988, he embarked on the education of the youngest so that they could follow a normal schooling and obtain diplomas. He considered that being educated, especially when one comes from disadvantaged backgrounds, was a priority. Our mission is therefore to perpetuate his social commitment by using the profits of his songs to undertake new operations through the foundation. Obviously, our role is also to ensure that its name resists the erosion of time. He kept telling me: "Preserve my name and my music!" I made him a promise. My role is therefore to cherish this heritage and to multiply charitable operations ".From 1988, he embarked on the education of the youngest so that they could follow a normal schooling and obtain diplomas. He considered that being educated, especially when one comes from disadvantaged backgrounds, was a priority. Our mission is therefore to perpetuate his social commitment by using the profits of his songs to undertake new operations through the foundation. Obviously, our role is also to ensure that its name resists the erosion of time. He kept telling me: "Preserve my name and my music!" I made him a promise. My role is therefore to cherish this heritage and to multiply charitable operations ".From 1988, he embarked on the education of the youngest so that they could follow a normal schooling and obtain diplomas. He considered that being educated, especially when one comes from disadvantaged backgrounds, was a priority. Our mission is therefore to perpetuate his social commitment by using the profits of his songs to undertake new operations through the foundation. Obviously, our role is also to ensure that its name resists the erosion of time. He kept telling me: "Preserve my name and my music!" I made him a promise. My role is therefore to cherish this heritage and to multiply charitable operations ".He considered that being educated, especially when one comes from disadvantaged backgrounds, was a priority. Our mission is therefore to perpetuate his social commitment by using the profits of his songs to undertake new operations through the foundation. Obviously, our role is also to ensure that its name resists the erosion of time. He kept telling me: "Preserve my name and my music!" I made him a promise. My role is therefore to cherish this heritage and to multiply charitable operations ".He considered that being educated, especially when one comes from disadvantaged backgrounds, was a priority. Our mission is therefore to perpetuate his social commitment by using the profits of his songs to undertake new operations through the foundation. Obviously, our role is also to ensure that its name resists the erosion of time. He kept telling me: "Preserve my name and my music!" I made him a promise. My role is therefore to cherish this heritage and to multiply charitable operations ".Obviously, our role is also to ensure that its name resists the erosion of time. He kept telling me: "Preserve my name and my music!" I made him a promise. My role is therefore to cherish this heritage and to multiply charitable operations ".Obviously, our role is also to ensure that its name resists the erosion of time. He kept telling me: "Preserve my name and my music!" I made him a promise. My role is therefore to cherish this heritage and to multiply charitable operations ".

Genius loves company

I'll be frank with you, Ray Charles knew time was running out when he recorded this album. Therefore, when he started working on this record a year before he passed away, we felt he really cared about it. He never spoke openly about his illness during the registration process, but we were seeing his health decline. In the last moments, his life was divided between chemotherapy sessions and studio sessions. He has shown admirable resilience. After recording, he gave me a mission. He said to me: "I'm counting on you to get this album out on schedule. I've done everything I can. Now it's up to you!" He was very happy with what he had produced and he was aware that his journey was coming to an end. For me to see him in the studio,surrounded by all his musician friends, giving the best of himself was both a privilege and a very moving moment. I will never forget those moments ”.