« The fact is, I had already written that song by the time Karen and I became romantic. That song was written more about Rhonda Rivera, who later married my friend John Davidson. Rhonda and I had been together for two years, and it was after we broke up that I started dating Karen. »Randy Schmidt, Little Girl Blue : The Life of Karen Carpenter, Omnibus Press, , 351 p. (ISBN978-1-78038-149-7, présentation en ligne), p. 199
