Karen Carpenter
Karen Carpenter
Karen Anne Carpenterwas an American singer and drummer. She and her brother, Richard Carpenter, formed the 1970s duo Carpenters. Although her skills as a drummer earned admiration from drumming luminaries and peers, she is best known for her vocal performances. She had a contralto vocal range...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth2 March 1950
CityNew Haven, CT
CountryUnited States of America
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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.
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I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.
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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.
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While Richard was listening to music in the basement, I was out playing baseball and football, and playing with my machine gun! I was very tomboyish, quite a character, I hear!
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The biggest issue with lung cancer, as we know, is that smoking is the number one cause of lung cancer. Without a doubt, 85 percent of all lung cancer deaths are caused from smoking,
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That is why, all the girls in town / Follow you / All around / Just like me / They long to be / Close to you / On the day that you were born the angels got together / And decided to create a dream come true / So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair and golden starlight in your eyes of blue...
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Dedicated to my brother Richard with all my heart.
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I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother.
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I feel like the health industry is getting nothing but stronger every day.
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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.
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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.
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Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.
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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.