Carly Simon Quotes

So many artists who came out during that time, including myself, were able to get on radio. New forms of singer-songwriters developed out of that.

You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude.

I haven't got time for the pain.

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.

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

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.

He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.

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.