Quote

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

Carly Simon

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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
Voices
Singers
Eventually
Tried
Clothes
Came
Voice
Singer
Hats

More quotes by Carly Simon

Image
I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.
Carly Simon
Image
Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins.
Carly Simon
Image
Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way.
Carly Simon
Image
The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.
Carly Simon
Image
But I'm lost when it comes to you.
Carly Simon
Image
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.
Carly Simon
Image
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.
Carly Simon
Image
I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.
Carly Simon
Image
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.
Carly Simon
Image
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
Image
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.
Carly Simon
Image
A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.
Carly Simon
Image
We need role models who are going to break the mold.
Carly Simon
Image
You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.
Carly Simon
Image
You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude.
Carly Simon
Image
I haven't got time for the pain.
Carly Simon
Image
My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters.
Carly Simon
Image
I've learned that nobody's perfect, and I don't expect myself to be perfect anymore.
Carly Simon
Image
My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.
Carly Simon
Image
Don't mind if I fall apart. There's more room in a broken heart.
Carly Simon