--- title: "1 Sorry Kids Quotes By Ben E. King" description: "1 Sorry Kids quotes by Ben E. King. Plus more from Ben E. King and more Sorry Kids sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d38/ben-e-king-14975_caviar_those-things-don-t-happen-today-i-feel-s_2897374.png" --- > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/those-things-don-t-happen-today-i-feel-sorry-for-the-kids-in-the/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d38/ben-e-king-14975_caviar_those-things-don-t-happen-today-i-feel-s_2897374.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/sorry-kids/ben-e-king/#itemlist", "name": "1 Sorry Kids Quotes By Ben E. 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