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Valerie Simpson Quotes
Valerie Simpson Quotes
Valerie Simpson
American
Musician
Born:
Aug 26
,
1946
Good
Life
Me
Song
Think
You
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You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards.
Valerie Simpson
You
Ourselves
Born
Know
Make
Families
Afterwards
Two
I was a good sight reader and I could sing two or three of these jingles a day. An orchestra would come in for half an hour, and then the singers would come in and knock 'em out, and go on to the next one. I was the voice of Budweiser and Almond Joy.
Valerie Simpson
Good
Day
Joy
Three
Half
Jingles
Sight
Out
Would
Voice
Could
Knock
Come
Hour
Sing
Singers
Reader
Go
Orchestra
Then
Next
Two
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.
Valerie Simpson
Teacher
Music
Me
Fool
Mistake
Song
Believe
Once
Both
Could
Pianos
Had
Knew
Nobody
Since
Like
She
Well
Make
Read
Learned
How
Child
Upright
Just
Taught
Notes
Then
Grandmothers
Grown-Up
Play
Ear
Played
Playing
It's a songwriter's dream to have a song recorded and run up the charts.
Valerie Simpson
Song
Run
Dream
Recorded
Charts
Songwriter
Up
I don't know what I want to do. There are people who want me to do things. There's a possible book. There are lots of things to consider. I just have to figure out what I want to do. I'm not one to sit around and do nothing.
Valerie Simpson
Me
Book
People
Sit
Nothing
Consider
Out
Possible
Know
Around
Lots
Just
Want
Figure
Who
Things
In transition I think the spirit goes somewhere, but I don't think it leaves.
Valerie Simpson
Somewhere
Think
Spirit
Leaves
Goes
Transition
When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.
Valerie Simpson
Myself
Good
You
Yourself
People
Other
Critical
Like
Very
Artist
Produce
Producer
Producing
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.
Valerie Simpson
Life
Time
Long
Long Time
Own
State
Guess
Back
Though
Dinosaurs
Seeing
My Own
Having
Had
Exciting
Exciting Life
New
Like
Around
Becoming
How
Coming
Been
Full
Even
Now
Career
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.
Valerie Simpson
Good
Me
Feel Good
Think
No Choice
Spirit
Daughters
Through
Feel
Make
Makes
Choice
Nick
Here
We stand on our songs and we stand on the songs that we wrote for other people. That gives us a higher platform.
Valerie Simpson
People
Other
Our
Gives
Higher
Songs
Wrote
Us
Stand
Platform
In the future I think the labels on most pop music are going to go. Everyone keeps jumping into everyone else's space.
Valerie Simpson
Music
Future
Space
Think
Else
Everyone
Most
Go
Jumping
Labels
Going
Pop
Pop Music
Keeps
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