Ben E. King famous quotes

03-23-2025

I always felt I never chose music, it chose me.
-- Ben E. King
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. King

#Breathing #Long #Proud
The industry now wants to be in charge of everything.
-- Ben E. King

#Want
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.
-- Ben E. King

#Careers #Mets #Extremely Happy
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.
-- Ben E. King

#Talking #People #Gone
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.
-- Ben E. King

#Song #Kings #Kids
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.
-- Ben E. King

#Nice #Guy #Done
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.
-- Ben E. King

#Fun #Crowns #Records
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.
-- Ben E. King

#Song #Writing #Guitar
It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.
-- Ben E. King

#People #Time Of My Life #Particular
It doesn't take me long to write songs.
-- Ben E. King

#Song #Writing #Long
I never even visualized for a second doing what I'm doing.
-- Ben E. King
Yeah. I've been pretty fortunate to travel I guess, all around the place.
-- Ben E. King

#Funny Travel #Yeah
I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.
-- Ben E. King

#Vegas #Las Vegas #Comedian
I do like what Alicia Keys and John Legend are doing. With their music, you keep your clothes on.
-- Ben E. King

#Clothes #Keys #Legends
And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.
-- Ben E. King

#Honesty #People #Streets
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.
-- Ben E. King

#Distance #Journey #Clubs
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.
-- Ben E. King

#Sorry #Kids #Feelings
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.
-- Ben E. King

#Friendship #Fall #Sea
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. King

#Friendship #Dark #Moon
I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like I'm cheating sometimes.
-- Ben E. King

#Cheating #Thinking #Careers

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