Valerie Simpson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

#Daughter #Mother #Thinking
If you don't try and force it, a song will find the proper moment to come to life.
-- Valerie Simpson

#Song #Trying #Moments
You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards.
-- Valerie Simpson

#Two #Born
Motown was the mecca. It was every writer's dream to work there.
-- Valerie Simpson

#Dream #Mecca #Motown

My daughter is not an object to flash around or a prized item to put on display.
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
If one day I have a daughter and my daughter wants to be a model, I would never let her! But then, if she wants to, what can I do? But definitely not until she's 18 years old. You know, every work has the bad side, and people will be mean to you, and when you're young, you don't know how to defend yourself.
Music is language itself. It should not have any barriers of caste, creed, language or anything. Music is one, only cultures are different. Music is the language of languages. It is the ultimate mother of languages.
The only day in your life.... Your mother smiled when you cried...
Then, there's the modern mother-in-law. In her mid 40s, she is the compact car of her breed: efficient, trim, attractive and in harmony with her times. She's pretty stiff competition for the plain young matron who's overweight and under-financed. If there is going to be friction in this relationship, it could start from envy and resentment in the younger woman. But Father Time is on her side, even if Mother Nature played her a dirty trick
Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.

Valerie Simpson famous quotes

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