#thing

When I got involved with The Five Crowns who later became The Drifters, and we got this hit record, I still was looking at this as kind of a fun thing. ↗

— Ben E. King

#crowns #five #fun #fun thing #got

You were able to sing something they related to instantly, because it was part of what you felt. It was part of what you had already traveled through. It's part of the people you were associating with daily. It was all of that. ↗

— Ben E. King

#already #because #daily #felt #had

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

— Billie Jean King

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

Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#between #everything #five #good #haul

There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens. ↗

— Coretta Scott King

#beginning #every #great #happens #history

The gift of song is just like... I think music is one of those true things in this world that is universal. ↗

— Charles King

#i #i think #just #like #music

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

Reality show? You can't find anything better than boxing because of the trials and errors, the ups and downs, the struggle when you get knocked down to get back up. Use it symbolically and interchangeably for life. ↗

— Don King

#back #back up #because #better #boxing

Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in. ↗

— Florence King

#metaphors #nothing #say #strain #who

Traditionally the show must go on which is a stupid thing to say, but that in a nutshell is what's going on. We have a new record out; if we won't tour, the new record dies. It's reality - it's what business is nowadays. You just need to tour to sell your albums. ↗

— Kerry King

#business #dies #go #going #hell is