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

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
Peculiar
Particular
Trying
Things
Never
Think
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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.
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I haven't got time for the pain.
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So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.
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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.
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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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I took it to heart that in order to be a good person you never said anything mean about anybody.
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The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.
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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 had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.
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It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.
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There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.
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I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.
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I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.
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Life is a dream even in its most painful moments, it's a dream that we can dance to.
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But I'm lost when it comes to you.
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We need role models who are going to break the mold.
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You're so vain. I bet you think this song is about you.
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Don't mind if I fall apart. There's more room in a broken heart.
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One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside.
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Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins.
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