Carole King quotes - page 2

Gotta make you love me the way you used to do Gotta get back the feeling and put wind in my sails And chart a course that gets me back to you, back to you. Oh, the lonely days, the lonely nights lookin' back in time. Time, don't run out on me. (Carole King)
I think I'm going back To the things I learned so well In my youth. I think I'm returning to The days when I was young enough To know the truth. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Only love is real. Everything else illusion Adding to the confusion of the way we connive At being alive. Tracing a line till we can define The thing that allows us to feel. Only love is real. View quote
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The local rock group down the street Is trying hard to learn their song. They serenade the weekend squire Who just came out to mow his lawn. Another pleasant valley Sunday. Charcoal burning everywhere. Rows of houses that are all the same. And no one seems to care. View quote
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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. View quote
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I want to be your lover But your friend is all I've stayed. I'm only halfway to paradise, So near, yet so far away. View quote
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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. View quote
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One fine day, you'll look at me And you will know our love was, meant to be. One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl. View quote
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In the midst of all my darkness, baby You came along to guide me. You took pity on a lonely man When you said you'd stand beside me. I'll never forget you Or what you've done. I'll never turn my back on you for anyone.I've got so much love to give you. Baby, I've got so much love to give you. Girl, there's more than enough to last a whole life through, And it's all for you. (Carole King)
Hey girl I want you to know I'm gonna miss you so much if you go. And hey girl I tell you no lie, Something deep inside of me's going to die If you say so long, if this is goodbye. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'll never let you see The way my broken heart is hurting me. I've got my pride and I know how to hide All my sorrow and pain. I'll do my crying in the rain. View quote
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Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, And sometimes the blues just get a hold of you. Just when you thought you had made it, All around the block people will talk. But I want to give it all that I've got. I just don't want, I don't want to waste it. View quote
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Sensitive, humbug. Everybody thinks I'm sensitive. Wait until they hear my new album. View quote
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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? View quote
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Looking out on the morning rain, I used to feel so uninspired. And when I knew I had to face another day, Lord, it made me feel so tired. Before the day I met you, life was so unkind. Your love was the key to my peace of mind.'Cause you make me feel. You make me feel, You make me feel like A natural woman (woman). View quote
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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... View quote
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And it's too late, baby, now it's too late Though we really did try to make it Somethin' inside has died and I can't hide And I just can't fake it. View quote
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I just sort of try to be a good person; try to write music that lifts people and makes me feel good to sing. (Carole King)
In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious. View quote
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Eric Clapton is my dream guitarist. View quote
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Sometimes I get a lyric, and the lyric, you know, comes off the page, and goes into my brain and comes out with a melody. Other times, I may create a melody first. View quote
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I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity. View quote
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