Else Quote by Valerie Simpson

You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards.

— Valerie Simpson

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…

— Valerie Simpson

Motown was the mecca. It was every writer's dream to work there.

— Valerie Simpson

If you don't try and force it, a song will find the proper moment to come to life.

— Valerie Simpson

Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like…

— Valerie Simpson

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…

— Valerie Simpson

In transition I think the spirit goes somewhere, but I don't think it leaves.

— Valerie Simpson

Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all…

— Valerie Simpson

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…

— Valerie Simpson

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

It's a songwriter's dream to have a song recorded and run up the charts.

— Valerie Simpson

Sometimes you want a Part Two in your life.

— Valerie Simpson