107 Quotes by Carly Simon

I’ve always thought of myself as being a warrior. When you actually have a battle, it’s better than when you don’t know who to fight.

But I’m lost when it comes to you.

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.

Life is a dream even in its most painful moments, it’s a dream that we can dance to.

There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy – I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.

Undoubtedly, Patsy Cline was a trailblazer and in that respect, all women who are singular in a man’s field have a special power.

It’s like The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat, about the discovery of penicillin. Out of these strange accidents come huge discoveries. A certain purple bleeds into red and all of a sudden you have something unexpected.

You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don’t want to be a poster child; but on the other, I want to do something classy and great – something where the residuals will go to the cause.

You say we’ll soar like two birds through the clouds, but soon you’ll cage me on your shelf. I’ll never learn to be just me, first by myself.