#aw

He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His name was Lover Patterson. He was living right across the street from where my dad had his restaurant. I guess he saw a lot of kids come in, a lot of my buddies. ↗

— Ben E. King

#buddies #come #coordinator #dad #guess

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

— Ben E. King

#dawned #life #me #money #my life

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

#associated #aware #ben #called #course

We were doing things with a hundred per cent feeling. It wasn't programmed. It wasn't asked for. It wasn't structured. It was just there. It was very raw. I don't think the industry would allow that to happen again. ↗

— Ben E. King

#allow #asked #cent #doing #feeling

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#champion #i #i think #important #important thing

I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#first #first law #get #i #king

What everybody misses here is that we are doing the same thing my father did. He licensed and litigated and protected his property, and we have to follow the same tradition, because the way the law reads, if you don't protect it, you lose it. ↗

— Dexter S. King

#did #doing #everybody #father #follow

American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them. ↗

— Florence King

#avoid #between #counselors #couples #gone

My greatest reward is knowing for certain, as I do with many other acts and artistes, that without Jonathan King being alive and involved, Genesis would not exist, and the guys would have had careers as intended - as accountants and lawyers! ↗

— Jonathan King

#acts #alive #being #careers #certain

I just saw Jensen the other day. They are gonna be in the States at the same time when we are doing the tour, Se we'll see if we are going to see somewhere. ↗

— Kerry King

#doing #going #gonna #i #just