I do like what Alicia Keys and John Legend are doing. With their music, you keep your clothes on. Ben E. King aliciaclothejohn Change image and share on social
It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing. Ben E. King dawnlifemoney Change image and share on social
One of the members of the group, I can't remember which one, found out we were making $3 - $5,000 a night. We were getting a hundred dollars a week a piece. Everybody got upset about it. Ben E. King 000dollarfind Change image and share on social
The movie is actually from a book by Stephen King called The Body. When they were gonna put it to a motion picture, they found the story was a bit too strong for the title The Body, based on a young kid's movie. It would be too heavy. Ben E. King basebitebody share on social
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 caviareatfeel Change image and share on social
Yeah. I've been pretty fortunate to travel I guess, all around the place. Ben E. King fortunateguesshave Change image and share on social
I'd originally intended 'Stand By Me' for the Drifters. Ben E. King drifterintendoriginally Change image and share on social
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 contractdollardrifter share on social
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 artistawareben Change image and share on social
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 chartguymeet share on social
