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19 quotes by Valerie Simpson

Ashford & Simpson Origin New York City, United States Genres R&B, soul, funk, disco, gospel Instruments piano Years active 1964–2011 Labels Motown, Warner Bros., Capitol Associated acts Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross Past members Nickolas Ashford Valerie Simpson Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011 ) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946) were a husband-and-wife...
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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... →

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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.

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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.

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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... →

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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... →

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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.

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

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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... →

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And it's a lot harder to hide with four musicians than it is with eight.

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In the future I think the labels on most pop music are going to go. Everyone keeps jumping into everyone else's space.

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

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

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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.

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