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"[about his love for country music] I love the stories. You know about fallin' in love and have love knock you around, and then the pressures of the world on you so tough, it makes you feel small. You just want to give your soul to God. You might as well, your ass belongs to Him."
"George, I miss you. I miss you, George."
"Aretha Robinson: Always remember your promise to me. Never let nobody or nothin' turn you into no cripple."
"Della Bea Robinson: [about one of Ray's sons] He isn't my gift to you, he's your son."
"The extraordinary life of Ray Charles. A man who fought harder and went further than anyone could imagine."
"The one thing more extraordinary than the music is the man behind it: Ray Charles."
"Jamie Foxx - Ray Charles"
"Sharon Warren - Aretha Robinson"
"Kerry Washington - Della Bea Robinson"
"Regina King - Margie Hendricks"
"Larenz Tate - Quincy Jones"
"Curtis Armstrong - Ahmet Ertegun"
"Richard Schiff - Jerry Wexler"
"C.J. Sanders - Young Ray Robinson"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.