--- title: "1 Like Slow Quotes By Ben E. King" description: "1 Like Slow quotes by Ben E. King. Plus more from Ben E. King and more Like Slow sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/ben-e-king-14975_black_most-black-singers-like-to-slow-the-word_1966579.png" --- > [Most black singers like to slow the word down and, and go directly to your heart. They're not interested in your ears, we just want to go directly to your heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/most-black-singers-like-to-slow-the-word-down-and-and-go-directly-to/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/ben-e-king-14975_black_most-black-singers-like-to-slow-the-word_1966579.png) ## More by Ben E. King > [He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His name was Lover Patterson. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/he-was-a-manager-one-of-the-singers-i-guess-talent-coordinator-for/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/many-times-i-ve-gone-on-tours-with-paul-anka-he-would-have-someone/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) > [I think that the song, the song "Stand By Me" is one of those songs that... and someone asked me, what was you thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/i-think-that-the-song-the-song-stand-by-me-is-one-of-those-songs-that/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) > [Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/of-course-the-kids-who-had-never-heard-of-a-person-called-ben-e-king/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) > [I'm a songwriter. So I'm OK. But when I wrote "Stand By Me" as a song and to know that the song will probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/i-m-a-songwriter-so-i-m-ok-but-when-i-wrote-stand-by-me-as-a-song-and/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) > [And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/and-because-there-was-an-honesty-about-all-that-was-going-on-it/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) > [I would imagine after the first recording session with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and Atlantic Records I began to realize that this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/i-would-imagine-after-the-first-recording-session-with-jerry-leiber/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) > [I don't care what studio I'm in, I don't care what producers is producing it and I don't care what song it is because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/i-don-t-care-what-studio-i-m-in-i-don-t-care-what-producers-is/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/if-the-sky-that-we-look-upon-should-tumble-and-fall-or-the-mountain/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) > [Yeah. I've been pretty fortunate to travel I guess, all around the place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/yeah-i-ve-been-pretty-fortunate-to-travel-i-guess-all-around-the-place/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) > [I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/i-do-a-lot-of-vegas-work-and-work-with-the-comedians/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) > [It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/it-never-dawned-on-me-at-any-particular-time-of-my-life-that-people/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) > [When we took on the name The Drifters, we became the new Drifters, and signed a contract to be put on salary, which I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/when-we-took-on-the-name-the-drifters-we-became-the-new-drifters-and/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/we-were-doing-things-with-a-hundred-per-cent-feeling-it-wasn-t/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) > [The movie is actually from a book by Stephen King called The Body. When they were gonna put it to a motion picture, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/the-movie-is-actually-from-a-book-by-stephen-king-called-the-body/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-slow/ben-e-king/#itemlist", "name": "1 Like Slow Quotes By Ben E. 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