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. KingAbout author
- Author's profession: Musician
- Nationality: american
- Born: September 28, 1938
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