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
The punishment doesn't fit the crime. I've done everything I can to get him out, or at least get him a fairer trial.
A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.
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.
Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way.
The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.
Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins.
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.