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You’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. King

The 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.
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Done Guy Nice
And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.
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Honesty People Streets
Many times I’ve gone on tours with Paul Anka. He would have someone sitting behind him to keep people from even talking to him. You were almost in a little restricted area there.
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Gone People Talking
One minute we can be in a small club, the next minute we can be in a coliseum, and the next minute we can be in a small auditorium. It varies, depending on the promoter, the budget, and the travelling distance.
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Distance Journey Next
If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall. Or the mountain should crumble to the sea. I won’t cry, no I won’t shed a tear, just as long as you stand by me.
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Fall Friendship Sea
I still perform it in all my shows. I’ll do it as long as I’m breathing. I’m so proud it has stood the test of time.
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Breathing Long Proud
You’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.
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Feel Stand Writing Yo
Most 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.
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Black Ears Heart
I enjoyed singing, I loved song writing, I loved recording. All those things that involves with creating music was great.
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Creating Song Writing
I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn’t pursue it. I feel like I’m cheating sometimes.
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Career Cheating Thinking
I never even visualized for a second doing what I’m doing.
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Doing Second Visualized
You take a chance to do something and you realize in your heart it’s either going to be the greatest thing that ever happened or the worst thing that ever happened. It won’t be an in between, I almost made a hit. It will be an instant flop or an instant success.
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Chance Heart Realizing
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.
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Simple Song Years
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.
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Crowns Fun Records
There was no, there was no in between. And when I got to New York all the other musics that’s in the world just came into my head whether it was the classics, jazz, I never knew what jazz was about all, had heard anything about jazz.
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Between Country Music Other
Yeah. I’ve been pretty fortunate to travel I guess, all around the place.
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Funny Travel Travel Yeah

You’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.

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You’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.

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