Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music...I always sang standards because the songs… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years. — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
The advancements that women have made are very threatening to men in the job place. There haven't been that many women in politics. If… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me. — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
We change our opinions of ourselves so often. What the outside world thinks is only a small part of our image. — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17. — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude. — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four. — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
