Carly Simon Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.”

“I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.”

“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.”

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

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

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