Carly Simon
Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simonis an American singer-songwriter, musician and children's author. She first rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation", "You Belong To Me", "Coming Around Again", and her four Gold certified singles "Jesse", "Mockingbird", a duet with James Taylor, "You're So Vain", and "Nobody Does It Better"from the 1977 James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth25 June 1945
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Carly Simon quotes about
You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.
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.
I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.
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.
My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.
One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside.
I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.
I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.
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.
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.
Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.
I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.
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.