Quotes by Carly Simon

I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody.

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.

The advancements that women have made are very threatening to men in the job place. There haven’t been that many women in politics. If you look at the conventions, it’s kind of pathetic how many men are the heads of companies. On the other hand, I’m not sure what the reality should be.

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

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’m still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.

I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren’t as easy to sing.

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.

You usually can’t tell what’s inspiring until you look back on it.

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