Ben E. King quotes
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“I always felt I never chose music, it chose me.”
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“I still perform it in all my shows. I'll do it as long as I'm breathing. I'm so proud it has stood the test of time.”
-- Ben E. KingSource : "Ben E King dies aged 76" by Peter Walker, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2015.
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“The industry now wants to be in charge of everything.”
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“If there's anything about the business that I love and that I'm extremely happy about, is that my career started at that time and that I met some of the greatest entertainers at that time and some are still here.”
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“Many times I've gone on tours with Paul Anka. He would have someone sitting behind him to keep people from even talking to him. You were almost in a little restricted area there.”
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“Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist.”
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“The Phil Spector that I would meet has always been a nice, quiet, little guy who's very serious about his work; obviously you can tell that because each and everything he's ever done has always been charted.”
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“When I got involved with The Five Crowns who later became The Drifters, and we got this hit record, I still was looking at this as kind of a fun thing.”
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“Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.”
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“It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.”
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“It doesn't take me long to write songs.”
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“I never even visualized for a second doing what I'm doing.”
-- Ben E. KingSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Yeah. I've been pretty fortunate to travel I guess, all around the place.”
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“I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.”
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“I do like what Alicia Keys and John Legend are doing. With their music, you keep your clothes on.”
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“And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.”
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“One minute we can be in a small club, the next minute we can be in a coliseum, and the next minute we can be in a small auditorium. It varies, depending on the promoter, the budget, and the travelling distance.”
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“Those things don't happen today. I feel sorry for the kids in the industry today. They have on sunglasses, eat caviar in jet planes, but they'll never know the true feeling that we did.”
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“If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall. Or the mountain should crumble to the sea. I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear, just as long as you stand by me.”
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“When the night has come and the land is dark and the moon is the only light we see. No, I won't be afraid, no, I won't be afraid, just as long as you stand, stand by me.”
-- Ben E. KingSource : "Song: "Stand By Me" ("Don't Play That Song!")". 1962.
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“I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like I'm cheating sometimes.”
-- Ben E. King
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