Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters

Richard Carpenter:
Music, Music, Music, which became our final special only because of what ultimately happened with Karen, is what I consider the best of them all. There's no shtick in it. No canned laughter in it. No skits. It's just music, start to finish.

Petula Clark:
I remember saying to her, Karen I don't know what you're doing, but you've got to stop it, you know? And finally when she left my dressing room I gave her a hug and she was so thin. And that was the last time I saw her.

Richard Carpenter:
People then were saying well the Carpenters were an overnight success. No they weren't. It was "Close to You" that was an overnight success.