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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.

Carly Simon

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Carly Simon
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 25
Actor
Composer
Guitarist
Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
The Bronx
New York City
Carly Elisabeth Simon
Gone
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Artistry
Years
Phases
Abandoned
Village
Lots
Including
Quiet

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The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.
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A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.
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I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.
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I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.
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So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.
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I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.
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My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.
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Don't mind if I fall apart. There's more room in a broken heart.
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I used the physical scar of my breast cancer operation, the scar that I have across my chest as a metaphor for all kinds of scars.
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I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.
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You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude.
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We need role models who are going to break the mold.
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