Through conversations with David Ritz, Ray Charles details his life’s journey with his characteristic and uninhibited energy. He begins his story with tragic memories from his difficult childhood and of his initial professional attempts, and he focuses on the long and difficult journey he followed until he was finally considered one of popular music’s greatest artists of all time, without ever avoiding discussing some of his life’s darkest episodes.

Ray Charles, conversando con David Ritz, desgrana con su característica y desinhibida energía la crónica de su peripecia vital. Su relato arranca con los trágicos recuerdos de su accidentada infancia y sus primeros tientos profesionales, y se centra en el largo y tortuoso camino que recorre hasta su consagración como uno de los grandes de la música popular de todos los tiempos, sin soslayar algunos de los episodios más oscuros de su vida.