Valerie Simpson Quotes & Sayings
19 most famous Valerie Simpson quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for her. She's a 78 year old American musician born on Aug 26, 1946.
“I guess I'm in a state of becoming. Even though I've had a full career and I've been around a long time, it's like dinosaurs are coming back. It's all new. I'm having to be on my own and seeing how exciting life can be now.”
“In transition I think the spirit goes somewhere, but I don't think it leaves.”
“Motown was the mecca. It was every writer's dream to work there.”
“My daughters are here, and that makes me feel good. And with the spirit of Nick Ashford, I think I'll make it through. I have no choice.”
“There is a formula that allows you to write a decent song. But a song like 'You're All I Need to Get By,' it just writes itself.”
“You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards.”
“Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it.”
“It's interesting when you've been a partner with someone for so long. So now to sing solo and starting all over again I am learning that I am more bodacious than I thought. I don't know where it's coming from but I am glad.”
“I've already lived one full life, and so now I'm about to endeavor to see what else the good Lord has in store for me, and I'm wide open.”
“And it's a lot harder to hide with four musicians than it is with eight.”
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