Ben E. King Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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Ben E. King quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased musician born on Sep 28, 1938). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 25 we have for him.

Ben E. King Quotes
“It doesn't take me long to write songs.”
Ben E. King Quotes
“It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.”
Ben E. King Quotes
“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.”
“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.”
“When we took on the name The Drifters, we became the new Drifters, and signed a contract to be put on salary, which I think was like a hundred dollars a week, a piece, five hundred dollars for all five of us.”
Ben E. King Quotes
“I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.”
Ben E. King Quotes
“The industry now wants to be in charge of everything.”
“He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His name was Lover Patterson. He was living right across the street from where my dad had his restaurant. I guess he saw a lot of kids come in, a lot of my buddies.”
Ben E. King Quotes
“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.”
Ben E. King Quotes
“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.”

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