Top 61 Quotes & Sayings by Carole King

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Carole King Klein is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at the Brill Building and later as a solo artist. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of all time, King is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100. King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1962 and 2005.

American - Writer | Born: February 9, 1942

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My one area of vulnerability was I didn't know how to have a healthy relationship with a man.

Carole King

I'm a songwriter first.

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My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue, an everlasting vision of the ever changing view.

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When I wake up every morning, I smile and say, 'Thank you.' Because out of my window I can see the mountains, then go hiking with my dog and share her bounding joy in the world.

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I just sort of try to be a good person; try to write music that lifts people and makes me feel good to sing.

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I was taking singing lessons, and they'd say, 'Your voice is too hoarse. You have to do more exercises.'

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The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own.

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I went to London and performed in Eric Clapton's concert at the Royal Albert Hall. I'll work with him any time he asks me.

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I've had a remarkable life. I seem to be in such good places at the right time. You know, if you were to ask me to sum my life up in one word, gratitude.

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Everybody understands friendship, and friendship is different than love - it's a different kind of love. Friendship has more freedom, more latitude. You don't expect your friend to be as you think your friend should be; you expect your friend just to love you as a friend.

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My parents always told me I could be anything I wanted to be.

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When I was younger, I was kind of fearless. I think it takes more courage to do things when you know more. I was completely naive, and I was like, 'Why can't I do anything I want to do?'

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I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity.

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Sensitive, humbug. Everybody thinks I'm sensitive. Wait until they hear my new album.

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I didn't want to be an artist.

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I listen to both oldies and contemporary stations. I enjoy listening to current stuff because there's an energy to it that's inspiring.

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There is a downside to having one of the biggest-selling albums ever.

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All I needed to do was sing with conviction, speaking my truth from the heart, honestly and straightforwardly, and to offer my words, ideas and music to the audience as if it were one collective friend that I'd known for a very long time.

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I write heavily under the influence of James Taylor.

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I used to hate the sound of my voice.

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My name at birth was Carol Joan Klein. It would take me five decades to appreciate my surname and the history that came with it. Along the way, I would add an 'e' to Carol and acquire several more surnames.

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My creativity is an entity unto its own.

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In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious.

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Sometimes I get a lyric, and the lyric, you know, comes off the page, and goes into my brain and comes out with a melody. Other times, I may create a melody first.

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I only wanted to be a songwriter. I never wanted to be a singer. And I never wanted to be famous.

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Had my grandparents not emigrated when they did, I might have been born Jewish in Eastern Europe during World War II, or I might not have been born at all. Instead, I was born in 1942 in New York City.

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Eric Clapton is my dream guitarist.

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When my soul was in the lost-and-found You came along to claim it.

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I'm a songwriter first...In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious...Sensitive, humbug. Everybody thinks I'm sensitive...There is a downside to having one of the biggest-selling albums ever.

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I just want to give it all that I got. I just don't want to waste it.

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You're beautiful as you feel.

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Way over yonder is a place I have seen In a garden of wisdom from some long ago dream.

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You make me feel like a natural man

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It is very common with artists who are of a generation that has already gone by to get overly concerned with, Oh my God I have to sell to the younger generation.

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I'd like to know that your love Is love I can be sure of.

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Doesn't anybody stay in one place any more?

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Do the things you believe in, in the name of love. And know that, you aren't alone. We all have doubts and fears.

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Now and forever, I'll remember all the promises still unbroken and think about all the words between us that never needed to be spoken.

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That's one of the things I love about being a songwriter first, last and always, because whether I do it or not, if someone does a great job on it, my work is done.

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Only love is real...everything else is illusion

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Scary in the idea it could be a little overwhelming to have 70 or 100 clowns in a public space. Intriguing in that it could be something interesting. I'm up for any kind of public art.

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I'd like to know that your love Is love I can be sure of, So tell me now and I won't ask again, Will you still love me tomorrow?

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You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face And show the world all the love in your heart.

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Today's records, even though they may be lyrically repetitive and not saying anything particularly heavy, they have energy.

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I'm like a plant, I reach for the sun.

Carole King

When I was younger, I was kind of fearless. I think it takes more courage to do things when you know more. I was completely naive, and I was like, why can't I do anything I want to do? You know, go for it.

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Not only do you want to leave the audience wanting more, you want to leave yourself wanting more.

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I went to the High School for Performing Arts in New York for acting. I've studied it on and off for years and have done some theater and film.

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I still believe that everyone is beautiful in some way and by seeing the beauty in others we make ourselves more beautiful.

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It's very difficult for me to evaluate my own stuff.

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I'm really getting better at guitar. I'm not trapped behind a piano. You can get out and move with a guitar and still direct the band.

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Tonight the light of love is in your eyes, But will you love me tomorrow?

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Now my tapestry's unraveling.

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It's a very worthy cause. This should happen, and I do believe that tenacity counts. Not going away matters.

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Once the inspiration comes, that directs where the perspiration goes.

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The writing of You've Got a Friend was one of the most incredible experiences because it was mostly inspiration. It just came to me almost as we hear it.

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Traveling around sure gets me down and lonely, nothing else to do but close my mind. I sure hope the road don't come to own me, there's so many dreams I've yet to find. But you're so far away.

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You can't talk to a man, with a shotgun in his hand.

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One of the things that I try to be conscious about in crafting a song is the concept of bringing it home. I like to bring it somewhere familiar, someplace that people feel it's resolved, it's settled.

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If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness Maybe not, oh, but we can only try.

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Top 61 Quotes & Sayings by Carole King

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