Quotes by Karen Carpenter

“Its kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep too! But we try to be nice, just normal people.”

“Im just afraid Im gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother.”

“We came out right in the middle of the hard-rock period... it was hard-rock everywhere! But we were ready to make our music, you know? And it was such a turnaround, I guess it caught people by surprise.”

“While Richard was listening to music in the basement, I was out playing baseball and football, and playing with my machine gun! I was very tomboyish, quite a character, I hear!”

“The image we have would be impossible for Mickey Mouse to maintain. Were just... normal people.”

“That is why, all the girls in town / Follow you / All around / Just like me / They long to be / Close to you / On the day that you were born the angels got together / And decided to create a dream come true / So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair and golden starlight in your eyes of blue...”

“I remember thinking back then, Oh God, if we dont get a hit by the time Im 20 I have to kill myself! Well, we JUST made it, because it came out in late May, right after I turned 20, and within 6 weeks it was number one.”

“The biggest issue with lung cancer, as we know, is that smoking is the number one cause of lung cancer. Without a doubt, 85 percent of all lung cancer deaths are caused from smoking,”

“You can stop the risk of heart attacks, diabetes. All the chronic diseases have a risk and a problem associated with smoking,”

“There are many approaches, thousands of approaches out there can help you stop smoking. Theres the gum, theres the patch. But whats important is whats going to work for you. And I think you and your physician, having a conversation about that, can provide the best results,”

“I feel like the health industry is getting nothing but stronger every day.”

“Our first single, Ticket To Ride, was a kind of half-hit, half flop: in some places it was number one, in others it was ash-tray material.”

“I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. Im determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.”