Carole King Quotes

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

Carole King
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?

Carole King
Music is playing inside my head
Over and over and over again, my friend
There's no end to the music...

Carole King
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...

Carole King
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.

Carole King
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.

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

Carole King
Tonight You're mine completely,
You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes,
But will you love me tomorrow?

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

Carole King
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You've got a friend.

Carole King
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

Carole King
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.

Carole King
I have found that the key to not being blocked is to not worry about it. Ever.

Carole King
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.

Carole King
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.

Carole King
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.

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

Carole King
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.

Carole King
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.

Carole King