Ben E. King Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

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

“And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.”

“At that time, we were in charge. We didn't ask. We just did. We just did what was in our heart.”

“I do like what Alicia Keys and John Legend are doing. With their music, you keep your clothes on.”

“You were able to sing something they related to instantly, because it was part of what you felt. It was part of what you had already traveled through. It's part of the people you were associating with daily. It was all of that.”

“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.”

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

“Yeah. I've been pretty fortunate to travel I guess, all around the place.”

“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.”