Karen Carpenter quotes:

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

Dedicated to my brother Richard with all my heart.

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.

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 have headaches just like they do. When we are cut, we bleed.

I may not be in control of anything else, but I am in control of my body.

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

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

I have a harder time finding somebody. The problem is we were growing professionally during the years most people were concentrating on being a person.

I enjoy money.

It's 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.

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.

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 have headaches just like they do. When we are cut, we bleed.

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.

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 turn around, I guess it caught people by surprise.

A star on earth - a star in heaven.

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

I had no idea whether I could play 'em or not, but I wanted to and I was very determined... but the band director said #That's not really normal.' Of course, all you have to tell me is that something's not normal and I'll go for it!!

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

Not enough people in this world are happy.