Quotes By Carly Simon

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

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

You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what I feel like - that part of the old is coming through the new.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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