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You're so vain. I bet you think this song is about you.

Carly Simon

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Carly Simon
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 25
Actor
Composer
Guitarist
Pianist
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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The Bronx
New York City
Carly Elisabeth Simon
Vain
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Think
Thinking

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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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There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.
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The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.
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I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.
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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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I took it to heart that in order to be a good person you never said anything mean about anybody.
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I've learned that nobody's perfect, and I don't expect myself to be perfect anymore.
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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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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.
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Everyone has problems, and learning to share them is essential. Hiding pain requires an enormous amount of energy sharing it is liberating.
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My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.
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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.
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Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way.
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As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.
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All men are created equal and all women are created equal as well, but [equality] seems much clearer when it comes to race issues. In the realms of man/woman, man/man, woman/woman love, it seems all up for grabs now. We are exploring so much, but I think we gotta go for the fight for all equality first.
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You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.
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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 some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee.
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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.
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