Karen Carpenter Quotes & Sayings

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down. — Karen Carpenter

Not enough people in this world are happy. — Karen Carpenter

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. — Karen Carpenter

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. — Karen Carpenter

Loneliness is such a sad affair. — Karen Carpenter

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

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

Dedicated to my brother Richard with all my heart. — Karen Carpenter

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

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!! — Karen Carpenter

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

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

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. — Karen Carpenter