Richard Carpenter

“We had a top-notch agent who always believed in us.”

“I'm not into much besides my music. And cars. And investing my money.”

“We sold over 80 million records throughout the world, and there are going to be people who want a new product, or a reissue.”

“Many times, right from the time that Karen and I first hit with 'Close to You,' there was so many beyond nasty, vicious things written about us.”

“The rock critics, they didn't like our audiences. It made the whole thing seem irrelevant, like we were nothing, and in no time at all, no one would ever remember us.”

“Karen had been a little overweight as a teenager - she loved tacos and chili. But we never teased her - to us, she wasn't that fat. When she was 17, she went on the Stillman Diet with a doctor's guidance, and she lost between 20 and 25 pounds.”

“A person can learn technically to orchestrate. But the stuff it takes to make a really terrific arrangement, that can't be taught, just as you can't teach someone to write a memorable song.”

“I don't even like milk.”

“So many sibling acts are usually singers like The Osmonds and the Jacksons.”

“I'm very much a creature of habit.”

“Karen would mention every now and again that it would be nice to receive some accolades as a solo singer. Of course, that made me feel badly, because we were a duo. Lord knows, she was the star of the duo, but that's not quite the same.”