Ray Stevens Quotes

United States, Singer-Songwriter
January 24, 1939

Harold Ray Ragsdale , known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian, known for his Grammy-winning recordings "Everything Is Beautiful" and "Misty", as well as comedic hits such as "Gitarzan" and "The Streak". He has worked as a producer, music arranger, songwriter, television host, and solo artist; been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, and the Christian Music Hall of Fame; and received gold albums for his music sales.

Also known as Comedian

If 10% is good enough for Jesus, it oughta be enough for Uncle Sam.

Ray Stevens
- Politics
- Enough
Bill Justis was a saxophone player, good musician, arranger, and friend of mine who had a big hit called Raunchy.

Ray Stevens
- Musician
- Saxophone

Whatever you think, don't never, unless you will.

Ray Stevens
- Thinking
Osama, yo Mama didn't raise you right. When you were young, she must have wrapped your turban too tight.

Ray Stevens
- Politics
- Young
- Turbans
I'm a terrible trumpet player...

Ray Stevens
- Terrible
- Trumpets
There is none so blind as he who will not see. We must not close our minds, we must let our thoughts be free. For every hour that passes by, we know the world gets a little bit older, it's time to realize that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

Ray Stevens
The human brain is a funny thing: it's very susceptible to tempo and melody. You put the right words to it, and it becomes very influential.

Ray Stevens
- Brain
- Humans
- Influential
People will remember a good comedy song a lot longer than they would some of the so-called straight love songs.

Ray Stevens
- People
- Remember
- Comedy

Everything is beautiful in it's own way. Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winter's day. And everybody's beautiful in their own way. Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find the way.

Ray Stevens
- Beautiful
- Heaven
- Summer
Take the wonder drug that cures all your ills, take Jeremiah Peabody's polyunsaturated, quick dissolving, fast acting, pleasant tasting, green and purple pills.

Ray Stevens
- Wonder
- Purple
- Pleasant
George Jones may be gone but his music will live on forever. What a great voice and a great friend.

Ray Stevens
- Great
- Forever
- George
They call him the Streak, he likes to turn the other cheek. He's always making the news, wearing just his tennis shoes.

Ray Stevens
- Tennis
- Likes
- Cheeks
Do you qualify to be alive or is the limit of your senses so as to survive?

Ray Stevens
- Alive
- Senses
I originally passed on Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head in 1969, so they gave it to B.J. Thomas.

Ray Stevens
- Raindrops

Take your love and put it where the sun don't shine.

Ray Stevens
- Sun
- Shining
I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.

Ray Stevens
- Business
- Wanted
Everything is beautiful in its own way.

Ray Stevens
- Beautiful
- Philosophy