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. KingMost 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. KingThe 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. KingAnd, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.
Ben E. KingDuring those times like in my early years as a writer I could actually write a song in ten minutes because all of a sudden a song is writing itself, I'm just putting down words. It just seem each line that you put down flows with the other ones. It's like writing a love letter you don't think about it, it's something from the heart.
Ben E. King