70 Quotes by Ben E. King

I never even visualized for a second doing what I'm doing.

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.

We were doing things with a hundred per cent feeling. It wasn't programmed. It wasn't asked for. It wasn't structured. It was just there. It was very raw. I don't think the industry would allow that to happen again.

It doesn't take me long to write songs.

It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.

It would probably take me an hour to two to write it down, get the feel of it, and that's with quite a few changes. It's not really a hard thing for me to do.

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.

I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.

I'd originally intended 'Stand By Me' for the Drifters.