Carole King on Hillary Clinton's nomination: "It is her time"
Now that Hillary Clinton has broken another glass ceiling and become the first woman to clinch a major party's presidential nomination, singer-songwriter Carole King hopes it will give Clinton the confidence to show more of a side that the public does not see.
"She is warm and funny and smart and all of the things that people say that she is - that, you know, she maybe does not show all of that publicly all the time... because that is who she is," King told "CBS This Morning" Wednesday.
Those characteristics are also what Bill Clinton highlighted Tuesday night, humanizing his wife in a very personal convention speech that began with their love story, back when they were just law students.
"It's a story that people tend to forgo, with all of the attacks and the scandals and all of this. They love each other, it is so evident," King said. "They have loved each other since they first met. I saw that when I met them, I see that every time I see them together. Families fight, families have imperfections, but they're a family - they're a wonderful family."
King also recalled the "emotional" moment when she saw the former first couple stare into each other's eyes, just moments after Clinton clinched her nomination.
"Here they are and they still love each other," King said.
The singer-songwriter has been a fan of Clinton's even before her days as first lady, since 1992, when the two first met at the home of a mutual friend. Despite her admiration for President Obama, the singer said she was a staunch Clinton supporter in 2008, when Clinton lost to the then-young senator from Illinois.
King also expressed pride in her party for "coming together" at the convention, where tensions remain from die-hard Bernie Sanders supporters.
"The convention gave Bernie Sanders and his supporters place and respect and the courtesy of a vote," King said, contrasting it to the dissension at the Republican National Convention.
King's music career spans more than five decades, with 100 hit singles, four Grammy Awards and plenty of other honors, including a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors. But the legendary singer-songwriter is currently focused on singing the praises of Hillary Clinton, even going door-to-door in New York to try to win over voters.
"I ran into some people who were staunch Bernie supporters and I was very respectful because I think he's a great person. I just, again, know Hillary. I think it is her time," Cole said.
On Thursday night, Cole will perform some of her iconic hit songs at the Democratic convention.