#w

On the other hand when you are someone who records their own songs you are basically stuck writing for one voice and for one style that can stifle you a bit. It's a real trade off. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

#bit #hand #off #other #own

She could only write with him at night and she was wasting her days just sitting around. So he thought I could write with her during the day. And that was Carole King. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

#carole #could #day #days #during

That's what it is every time you walk into the room to write with someone new. It's like, oh god I have to take my clothes off 'my creative clothes' and let them see all of my flaws. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

#creative #every #every time #flaws #god

The main reason he wanted to be a recording artist was because it gives you much more freedom in your writing. You only have to please the artist and the artist is you so you can be more daring and experimental. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

#because #daring #experimental #freedom #gives

We were very fortunate to have been on the scene when we were. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

#fortunate #scene #very #were

We wrote what sounded good to us and hoped it would find a home. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

#good #home #hoped #sounded #us

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention. ↗

— Simone Weil

#attention #capable #giving #need #people

Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link. ↗

— Simone Weil

#cells #communicate #communication #each #every

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. ↗

— Simone Weil

#attained #detached #great #illusions #only

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. ↗

— Simone Weil

#condemned #his #intelligence #intelligent #intelligent man