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I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

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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
Chemo
Mastectomy

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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've always thought of myself as being a warrior. When you actually have a battle, it's better than when you don't know who to fight.
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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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But I'm lost when it comes to you.
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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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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.
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The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.
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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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My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.
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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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Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way.
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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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I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.
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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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A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.
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I haven't got time for the pain.
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