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Top 30 Ben E. King Quotes (2025 Update)

Ben E. King Quote: “When the night has come and the land is dark and the moon is the only light we see. No, I won’t be afraid, no, I won’t be afraid, just as long as you stand, stand by me.”

1. “When the night has come and the land is dark and the moon is the only light we see. No, I won’t be afraid, no, I won’t be afraid, just as long as you stand, stand by me.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “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 be here for hundred and hundreds of years to come, it’s great, you know. And it was just simple lyrics.”

2. “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 be here for hundred and hundreds of years to come, it’s great, you know. And it was just simple lyrics.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “If you just concentrate on what you’re doing and allow yourself to actually enjoy and let your feelings come out, whatever the tempos, whatever the rhythms, whatever the songs, 9 out of 10 times it will work.”

3. “If you just concentrate on what you’re doing and allow yourself to actually enjoy and let your feelings come out, whatever the tempos, whatever the rhythms, whatever the songs, 9 out of 10 times it will work.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “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 they taught me those things I feel so protected wherever I go as far as music.”

4. “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 they taught me those things I feel so protected wherever I go as far as music.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “You take a chance to do something and you realize in your heart it’s either going to be the greatest thing that ever happened or the worst thing that ever happened. It won’t be an in between, I almost made a hit. It will be an instant flop or an instant success.”

5. “You take a chance to do something and you realize in your heart it’s either going to be the greatest thing that ever happened or the worst thing that ever happened. It won’t be an in between, I almost made a hit. It will be an instant flop or an instant success.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “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 the test of time.”

6. “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 the test of time.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “One of the hardest things in the world is to perform on record and get someone to enjoy and feel what you’re doing. It’s unlike, like TV you can, you can fake it with the face and the crying and the bits. Recording is completely different.”

7. “One of the hardest things in the world is to perform on record and get someone to enjoy and feel what you’re doing. It’s unlike, like TV you can, you can fake it with the face and the crying and the bits. Recording is completely different.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “You’re writing it is how you feel. And when you’re finished you put your signature on it and you mail it off and that’s it. And that’s how “Stand By Me” was really.”

8. “You’re writing it is how you feel. And when you’re finished you put your signature on it and you mail it off and that’s it. And that’s how “Stand By Me” was really.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “I always felt I never chose music, it chose me.”

9. “I always felt I never chose music, it chose me.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “Yeah. I’ve been pretty fortunate to travel I guess, all around the place.”

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

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Ben E. King Quote: “A singer has got a different attitude, they’re they’re so whacked out they don’t know what they’re doing half the time. Singers, they don’t, they’re spoiled too.”

11. “A singer has got a different attitude, they’re they’re so whacked out they don’t know what they’re doing half the time. Singers, they don’t, they’re spoiled too.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn’t pursue it. I feel like I’m cheating sometimes.”

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

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “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.”

14. “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.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “When I got involved with The Five Crowns who later became The Drifters, and we got this hit record, I still was looking at this as kind of a fun thing.”

15. “When I got involved with The Five Crowns who later became The Drifters, and we got this hit record, I still was looking at this as kind of a fun thing.”

— Ben E. King

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Ben E. King Quote: “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.”

16. “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.”

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Ben E. King Quote: “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.”

17. “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.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.”

18. “I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “The Phil Spector that I would meet has always been a nice, quiet, little guy who’s very serious about his work; obviously you can tell that because each and everything he’s ever done has always been charted.”

19. “The Phil Spector that I would meet has always been a nice, quiet, little guy who’s very serious about his work; obviously you can tell that because each and everything he’s ever done has always been charted.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “The industry now wants to be in charge of everything.”

20. “The industry now wants to be in charge of everything.”

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Ben E. King Quote: “It’s a different thing when you go into a studio and you record with the intent of going somewhere and you’re marketing yourself for that direction.”

21. “It’s a different thing when you go into a studio and you record with the intent of going somewhere and you’re marketing yourself for that direction.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “Yeah. I’m amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don’t play well at all. I wouldn’t even attempt for a second to play in public.”

22. “Yeah. I’m amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don’t play well at all. I wouldn’t even attempt for a second to play in public.”

— Ben E. King

Ben E. King Quote: “It doesn’t take me long to write songs.”

23. “It doesn’t take me long to write songs.”

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Ben E. King Quote: “I enjoyed singing, I loved song writing, I loved recording. All those things that involves with creating music was great.”

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

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Ben E. King Quote: “It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.”

25. “It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.”

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Ben E. King Quote: “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.”

26. “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.”

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Ben E. King Quote: “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.”

27. “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.”

— Ben E. King

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

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

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

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

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Ben E. King Quote: “I never even visualized for a second doing what I’m doing.”

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

— Ben E. King

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