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Carly Simon quotes: I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody.

I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody.

Carly Simon quotes: As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.

As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.

Carly Simon quotes: I've learned that nobody's perfect, and I don't expect myself to be perfect anymore.

I've learned that nobody's perfect, and I don't expect myself to be perfect anymore.

Carly Simon quotes: I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

Carly Simon quotes: I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.

Carly Simon quotes: 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.

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.

Carly Simon quotes: The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

Carly Simon quotes: So many artists who came out during that time, including myself, were able to get on radio. New forms of singer-songwriters developed out of that.

So many artists who came out during that time, including myself, were able to get on radio. New forms of singer-songwriters developed out of that.

Carly Simon quotes: You're so vain. I bet you think this song is about you.

You're so vain. I bet you think this song is about you.

Carly Simon quotes: Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic.

Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic.

Carly Simon quotes: You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.

You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.

Carly Simon quotes: My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

Carly Simon quotes: You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers, I've got loving eyes of my own..

You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers,
I've got loving eyes of my own..

Carly Simon quotes: A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

Carly Simon quotes: We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure.

We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure.

Carly Simon quotes: You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude.

You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude.

Carly Simon quotes: I used the physical scar of my breast cancer operation, the scar that I have across my chest as a metaphor for all kinds of scars.

I used the physical scar of my breast cancer operation, the scar that I have across my chest as a metaphor for all kinds of scars.

Carly Simon quotes: You're lucky you had that when you were 20. I sure didn't. I was overweight, and I had acne.

You're lucky you had that when you were 20. I sure didn't. I was overweight, and I had acne.

Carly Simon quotes: There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.

There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.

Carly Simon quotes: Don't mind if I fall apart. There's more room in a broken heart.

Don't mind if I fall apart. There's more room in a broken heart.

Carly Simon quotes: But I'm lost when it comes to you.

But I'm lost when it comes to you.

Carly Simon quotes: Anticipation is making me late, it's keeping me waiting.

Anticipation is making me late, it's keeping me waiting.

Carly Simon quotes: I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

Carly Simon quotes: So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.

So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.

Carly Simon quotes: I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee.

I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee.

Carly Simon quotes: Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.

Carly Simon quotes: I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.

I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.

Carly Simon quotes: 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 attack.

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 attack.

Carly Simon quotes: Everyone has problems, and learning to share them is essential. Hiding pain requires an enormous amount of energy; sharing it is liberating.

Everyone has problems, and learning to share them is essential. Hiding pain requires an enormous amount of energy; sharing it is liberating.

Carly Simon quotes: I think that most people really know if it's a really great album.

I think that most people really know if it's a really great album.

Carly Simon quotes: Life is a dream even in its most painful moments, it's a dream that we can dance to.

Life is a dream even in its most painful moments, it's a dream that we can dance to.

Carly Simon quotes: No, because I've never really changed my style that much.

No, because I've never really changed my style that much.

Carly Simon quotes: Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.

Carly Simon quotes: We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big.

We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big.

Carly Simon quotes: We are stardust, we are fallen and we've got to get back to the garden.

We are stardust, we are fallen and we've got to get back to the garden.

Carly Simon quotes: Undoubtedly, Patsy Cline was a trailblazer and in that respect, all women who are singular in a man's field have a special power.

Undoubtedly, Patsy Cline was a trailblazer and in that respect, all women who are singular in a man's field have a special power.

Carly Simon quotes: We change our opinions of ourselves so often. What the outside world thinks is only a small part of our image.

We change our opinions of ourselves so often. What the outside world thinks is only a small part of our image.

Carly Simon quotes: The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.

The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.

Carly Simon quotes: Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins.

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins.

Carly Simon quotes: I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.

I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.

Carly Simon quotes: I haven't got time for the pain.

I haven't got time for the pain.

Carly Simon quotes: But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers.

But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers.

Carly Simon quotes: I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.

I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.

Carly Simon quotes: Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs.

Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs.

Carly Simon quotes: You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds, but soon you'll cage me on your shelf. I'll never learn to be just me, first by myself.

You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds, but soon you'll cage me on your shelf. I'll never learn to be just me, first by myself.

Carly Simon quotes: Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way.

Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way.

Carly Simon quotes: No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

Carly Simon quotes: I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.

I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.

Carly Simon quotes: We need role models who are going to break the mold.

We need role models who are going to break the mold.

Carly Simon quotes: My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.