Carly Simon quotes

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars. (Carly Simon)
We need role models who are going to break the mold. View quote
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You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it. View quote
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As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me. View quote
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I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17. View quote
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I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it. View quote
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My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow. View quote
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There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her. View quote
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I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go to someplace that seems like a revelation or a strong connection to an emotional truth. View quote
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You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't want to be a poster child; but on the other, I want to do something classy and great - something where the residuals will go to the cause. View quote
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My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything. (Carly Simon)
The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s. View quote
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We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure. View quote
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Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins. View quote
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I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs. View quote
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I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody. View quote
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Being in this business for as long as I've been in it, it's sort of like living in a town or a city before the war and then after the war and then during the reconstruction and then during the time that it sprawls out to the malls. View quote
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So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had. View quote
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I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo. View quote
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My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters. View quote
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I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves. (Carly Simon)
We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big. View quote
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I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say. View quote
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I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing. View quote
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It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black. View quote
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