Make it simple to last your whole life long. Don't worry that it's not enough for anyone else to hear. Just sing, sing a song

- Karen Carpenter

I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother.

- Karen Carpenter

A star on earth - a star in heaven.

- Karen Carpenter

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…

- Karen Carpenter

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.

- Karen Carpenter

Dedicated to my brother Richard with all my heart.

- Karen Carpenter

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.

- Karen Carpenter

The image we have would be impossible for Mickey Mouse to maintain. We're just... normal people.

- Karen Carpenter

People never think of entertainers as being human. When you walk out on stage, the audience think, Nothing can go wrong with them. We get sick and we…

- Karen Carpenter