"The purpose of my life had always been to free people from concern. I dubbed it, 'The church of freedom from concern,' or 'FFC."

Next Quote

When I was going blind, I didn't turn to God. It didn't seem to me then - and it doesn't seem to me now - that those items were His concern. Early on, I figured I better begin to learn how to count on myself, instead of counting on supernatural forces.

— Ray Charles