And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.
Ben E. KingYou'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. KingIt'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. KingIf 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.
Ben E. KingPeople abroad always tend to take what the best of what we have and come back through the back door always, say, and hit us with it. And then we wake up one day and say, I think I've heard that. Yeah, it was done by whoever, you know. So, ah, that's been one of our weaknesses we don't tend to hold on as they do there.
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