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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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