« Cuando tocaba en el sur, en aquel entonces obligaban a los negros sentarse arriba y los blancos abajo. Yo me negaba a actuar si la audiencia estaba segregada de esa manera. Me demandaban, pero al menos me libraba de actuar.
[''When I played in the south they used to make black people sit upstairs and the white people sit downstairs. I wouldn't perform as long as the crowd were segregated like that. I got sued, but at least I didn't have to play the concert'']. »
Ray Charles