Ben E. King

One of the hardest things in the world is to perform on record and get someone to enjoy and feel what you're…

— Ben E. King

You take a chance to do something and you realize in your heart it's either going to be the greatest thing that…

— Ben E. King

The Phil Spector that I would meet has always been a nice, quiet, little guy who's very serious about his work; obviously…

— Ben E. King

Most black singers like to slow the word down and, and go directly to your heart. They're not interested in your ears,…

— Ben E. King

When I got involved with The Five Crowns who later became The Drifters, and we got this hit record, I still was…

— Ben E. King

If there's anything about the business that I love and that I'm extremely happy about, is that my career started at that…

— Ben E. King

You were able to sing something they related to instantly, because it was part of what you felt. It was part of…

— Ben E. King

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

— 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…

— Ben E. King

It's a different thing when you go into a studio and you record with the intent of going somewhere and you're marketing…

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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.…

— Ben E. King

I always felt I never chose music, it chose me.

— Ben E. King

I enjoyed singing, I loved song writing, I loved recording. All those things that involves with creating music was great.

— Ben E. King

The industry now wants to be in charge of everything.

— Ben E. King

People abroad always tend to take what the best of what we have and come back through the back door always, say,…

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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…

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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…

— Ben E. King

During those times like in my early years as a writer I could actually write a song in ten minutes because all…

— Ben E. King

I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like I'm cheating sometimes.

— Ben E. King