A biography for Cynthia Weilhasn’t been written yet.
“We wrote what sounded good to us and hoped it would find a home.”
“A lot of guys spend their lives saying no because it's an easier way to keep your job.”
“Actually I was writing with people that didn't get records.”
“She could only write with him at night and she was wasting her days just sitting around. So he thought I could write with her during the day. And that was Carole King.”
“The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer/songwriter, or find a singer to develop.”
“On the other hand when you are someone who records their own songs you are basically stuck writing for one voice and for one style that can stifle you a bit. It's a real trade off.”