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
The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.
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.
I'm a little old-fashioned - I like it when the man opens the door and I like it when a man pays for me. I particularly like it when they pay for dinner or whatever, because I've pretty much done the opposite, but for the exception of James [Taylor], where we split everything down the middle. I've been the larger money earner in practically all of my relationships. There's equality and there are positive differences, which are complimentary.
I haven't got time for the pain.
You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.
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.
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 father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.
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 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 took it to heart that in order to be a good person; you never said anything mean about anybody.
Anticipation is making me late, it's keeping me waiting.
As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.