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Carole King (born Carol Joan Klein 9 February 1942) is an American composer and singer-songwriter.
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“Way over yonder, that's where I'm bound.”
“If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness
Maybe not, oh, but we can only try.”
Maybe not, oh, but we can only try.”
“It seemed that he had fallen into someone's wicked spell
And I wept to see him suffer, though I didn't know him well.”
And I wept to see him suffer, though I didn't know him well.”
“I want to be your lover
But your friend is all I've stayed.
I'm only halfway to paradise,
So near, yet so far away.”
But your friend is all I've stayed.
I'm only halfway to paradise,
So near, yet so far away.”
“The song is the center; the song is the key. If you don't have a good song you don't have anything by my value.”
“All you have to do is touch my hand
To show me you understand
And something happens to me.
That's some kind of wonderful.”
To show me you understand
And something happens to me.
That's some kind of wonderful.”
“One fine day, you'll look at me
And you will know our love was, meant to be.
One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl.”
And you will know our love was, meant to be.
One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl.”
“Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Woh these chains of love got a hold on me yeah.”
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Woh these chains of love got a hold on me yeah.”
“So far away
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door.
Doesn't help to know you're so far away.”
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door.
Doesn't help to know you're so far away.”
“I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down — tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around.”
I feel the sky tumbling down — tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around.”
“I think I'm going back
To the things I learned so well
In my youth.
I think I'm returning to
The days when I was young enough
To know the truth.”
To the things I learned so well
In my youth.
I think I'm returning to
The days when I was young enough
To know the truth.”
“I'll never let you see
The way my broken heart is hurting me.
I've got my pride and I know how to hide
All my sorrow and pain.
I'll do my crying in the rain.”
The way my broken heart is hurting me.
I've got my pride and I know how to hide
All my sorrow and pain.
I'll do my crying in the rain.”
“Hey girl I want you to know
I'm gonna miss you so much if you go.
And hey girl I tell you no lie,
Something deep inside of me's going to die
If you say so long, if this is goodbye.”
I'm gonna miss you so much if you go.
And hey girl I tell you no lie,
Something deep inside of me's going to die
If you say so long, if this is goodbye.”
“I'm a songwriter first, have always been, and probably always will be. Making the demo is a natural product of writing a song; after that, I'm happy to hear other people do it in other ways.”
“He moved with some uncertainty, as if he didn't know
Just what he was there for, or where he ought to go
Once he reached for something golden hanging from a tree
And his hand come down empty...”
Just what he was there for, or where he ought to go
Once he reached for something golden hanging from a tree
And his hand come down empty...”
“Now ain't it good to know
That you've got a friend
When People can be so cold.
They'll hurt you, kiss and desert you.
And take your soul if you let them.
Oh, but don't you let them.”
That you've got a friend
When People can be so cold.
They'll hurt you, kiss and desert you.
And take your soul if you let them.
Oh, but don't you let them.”
“My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue
An everlasting vision of the everchanging view
A wondrous woven magic in bits of blue and gold
A tapestry to feel and see, impossible to hold.”
An everlasting vision of the everchanging view
A wondrous woven magic in bits of blue and gold
A tapestry to feel and see, impossible to hold.”
“When you're down and troubled
And you need some loving care
And nothing, nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest nights.”
And you need some loving care
And nothing, nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest nights.”
“Green fields and rolling hills,
Room enough to do what we will.
Sweet dreams of yestertime
Are running though my mind
Of a place I left behind.
Been so long, I can't remember when,
I've been to Canaan and I wanna go back again.”
Room enough to do what we will.
Sweet dreams of yestertime
Are running though my mind
Of a place I left behind.
Been so long, I can't remember when,
I've been to Canaan and I wanna go back again.”
“You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face
And show the world all the love in your heart
The people gonna treat you better,
You're gonna find, yes you will,
That you're beautiful as you feel.”
And show the world all the love in your heart
The people gonna treat you better,
You're gonna find, yes you will,
That you're beautiful as you feel.”
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Carole King on Love 4 quotes
“If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness Maybe not, oh, but we can only try.”
Carole King on Poetry about love 4 quotes
“If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness Maybe not, oh, but we can only try.”
Misattributed Quotes
Quotes mistakenly credited to Carole King
“And it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Somethin' inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it.”
Though we really did try to make it
Somethin' inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it.”
About Carole King
Carole King (born Carol Joan Klein 9 February 1942) is an American composer and singer-songwriter.
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