Benjamin Earl King (Ben E. King) Quotes
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.
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It's always a live experience - anything that happens around you. It's so easy to just put it to a song.
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Even in the beginning, when we knew there was a legal argument about how much our song sounds like his song, as one songwriter to another, I wasn't sure that Cat Stevens would take that as bad.
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From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reaches, what extent of the crowd a song can reach. I write in a way that can reach most of the audience, but I also wanted to have truly intimate moments as well, many intimate moments, more so than the big moments.
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I'm a professional songwriter - personal attitudes have nothing to do with writing a song.
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The first album I ever bought with my own money was 'Ten.' Every single song reminds me of my childhood.
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It is such a gift to be able to write songs in general, but when you can share it with somebody, it is just such a pleasure. It is such a happy moment when you finish a song, and you are just like, 'Wow - that was great.'
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If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.
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Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.
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That's my favorite part about songwriting, the way you write a song, and someone else might hear it a different way.
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The Steelers run a great organization.
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What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.
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If it weren't for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song.
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No matter what, I will always hope for that day when I look around and can say, 'Oh yeah, I wrote a song that touched me emotionally the way that a song like 'She's Got A Way,' by Billy Joel did.'
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Everybody loves a good Christmas song if you do it right.
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You know what, I am not gonna lie, that Taylor Swift 'Trouble' song? I can't resist that song. Her melodies are very catchy.
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I can't just sit down and make a song in a day. It's only possible if you focus on the music and not the sound.
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It's not just about getting a song on the radio or appearing on television. It really is about helping people change their lives one day at a time.
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Sometimes the song title comes with the songs, other times you just sorta make something up afterwards.
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Every day we encounter situations where we have to make a stand. Looking back, I could have not hand-picked a better song to be my first single.
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...there began to come to her a first dim realization of God's humility. Rejected by the proud in His own right by what humble means He chose to succor them; through the spirit of a child, a poor gypsy or an old man, by a song perhaps, or even it might be by the fall of a leaf or the scent of a flower. For His infinite and humble patience nothing was too small to advance His purpose of salvation and eternity was not too long for its accomplishment.
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The worst part was waiting around. Sometimes you are ready at 9 a.m. and you don't start until the afternoon. Occupying your time while you wait is the hardest part of the movie.
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If you expect a bad lie for even one second, the gods will know it and give you a bad lie.
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Just keep learning from the role and not just go for the money.
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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.
