I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.
I maintain that when I finally retire from my career in music I will go and live back in Wales – when I am an old person if I live to be an old person. The water I miss and the air there's something different about it. And I miss the simple life.
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