--- title: "Best Richard Carpenter Quotes" description: "Richard Lynn Carpenter is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who formed half of the sibling duo the Carpenters alongside his..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-carpenter-78467.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Richard Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-carpenter-78467.jpg) # Richard Carpenter (1929–2012) Actor Kingdom of England **51** quotes in **190** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Richard Carpenter was an actor from the Kingdom of England, best known for *Catweazle*. ## Quick Facts About Richard Carpenter Born August 14, 1929 Died February 26, 2012 Nationality Kingdom of England Profession Actor Notable works Catweazle ## About Richard Carpenter Richard Lynn Carpenter is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who formed half of the sibling duo the Carpenters alongside his younger sister Karen. He had numerous roles in the Carpenters, including record producer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, and songwriter, and he also sang harmony vocals with Karen. ## Quotes by Richard Carpenter · Page 2 > [She just had a timeless voice... Karen was a natural. She didn't have to practice... she just sang instantly, impeccably whether it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carpenter/she-just-had-a-timeless-voice-karen-was-a-natural-she-didn-t-have-to/) [Richard Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carpenter/) [Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/richard-carpenter-13177_best_she-just-had-a-timeless-voice-karen-was_2450460.jpg) > [My father, Harold, loved music. The radio was on all the time at home, and he had lots of great pop and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carpenter/my-father-harold-loved-music-the-radio-was-on-all-the-time-at-home/) [Richard Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carpenter/) [Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/richard-carpenter-13177_great_my-father-harold-loved-music-the-radio-w_1367397.jpg) > [When we were trying to make a go of our music, our parents bought everything they could afford for us. We had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carpenter/when-we-were-trying-to-make-a-go-of-our-music-our-parents-bought/) [Richard Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carpenter/) [Everything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/everything/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/richard-carpenter-13177_everything_when-we-were-trying-to-make-a-go-of-our_1850854.jpg) > [The rock critics, they didn't like our audiences. It made the whole thing seem irrelevant, like we were nothing, and in no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carpenter/the-rock-critics-they-didn-t-like-our-audiences-it-made-the-whole/) [Richard Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carpenter/) [No time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/no-time/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/richard-carpenter-13177_no-time_the-rock-critics-they-didn-t-like-our-au_1239169.jpg) > [People are always trying to find a link between Karen's illness and a single heartbreak, but I don't associate it with anything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carpenter/people-are-always-trying-to-find-a-link-between-karen-s-illness-and-a/) [Richard Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carpenter/) [Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/richard-carpenter-13177_always_people-are-always-trying-to-find-a-link_719937.jpg) > [Karen would mention every now and again that it would be nice to receive some accolades as a solo singer. Of course,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carpenter/karen-would-mention-every-now-and-again-that-it-would-be-nice-to/) [Richard Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carpenter/) [Again](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/again/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/richard-carpenter-13177_again_karen-would-mention-every-now-and-again_2449412.jpg) > [The average person didn't really know what my role was. Obviously, on stage, Karen was the star of the duo. I urged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carpenter/the-average-person-didn-t-really-know-what-my-role-was-obviously-on/) [Richard Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carpenter/) [Average](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/average/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/richard-carpenter-13177_average_the-average-person-didn-t-really-know-wh_2359013.jpg) > [You always have those artists where they release one great record and then they're gone. But we achieved this overwhelmingly positive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carpenter/you-always-have-those-artists-where-they-release-one-great-record-and/) [Richard Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carpenter/) [Acceptance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/richard-carpenter-13177_acceptance_you-always-have-those-artists-where-they_2338129.jpg) > [Why do birds suddenly appear everytime you are near? Just like me they long to be Close to You:) Why do stars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carpenter/why-do-birds-suddenly-appear-everytime-you-are-near-just-like-me-they/) [Richard Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carpenter/) [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/richard-carpenter-13177_astronomy_why-do-birds-suddenly-appear-everytime-y_1822539.jpg) > [Oh, Karen - well, at first, I'd say she was - well, she was always interested in drumming, I mean, from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carpenter/oh-karen-well-at-first-i-d-say-she-was-well-she-was-always-interested/) [Richard Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carpenter/) [Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bf/richard-carpenter-13177_always_oh-karen-well-at-first-i-d-say-she-was-w_2806871.jpg) > [My father was a pressman for the New Haven Board & Carton Co. He operated a large five-color press that stamped out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carpenter/my-father-was-a-pressman-for-the-new-haven-board-carton-co-he/) [Richard Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carpenter/) [Boxes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boxes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/richard-carpenter-13177_boxes_my-father-was-a-pressman-for-the-new-hav_1156123.jpg) ## Richard Carpenter by topic [Song (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/richard-carpenter/) [Music (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/richard-carpenter/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carpenter/#itemlist", "name": "Richard Carpenter Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She just had a timeless voice... Karen was a natural. 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