Carly Simon

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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 I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.”

“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.”