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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.

Carly Simon

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Carly Simon
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 25
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Carly Elisabeth Simon
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Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way.
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I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.
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I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.
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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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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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I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.
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But I'm lost when it comes to you.
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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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Don't mind if I fall apart. There's more room in a broken heart.
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