Quote

I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.

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
Standards
Songs
Comfortable
Song
Stills
Still

More quotes by Carly Simon

Image
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.
Carly Simon
Image
I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.
Carly Simon
Image
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.
Carly Simon
Image
You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.
Carly Simon
Image
Life is a dream even in its most painful moments, it's a dream that we can dance to.
Carly Simon
Image
We need role models who are going to break the mold.
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
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
I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.
Carly Simon
Image
You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers, I've got loving eyes of my own.
Carly Simon
Image
There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.
Carly Simon
Image
Everyone has problems, and learning to share them is essential. Hiding pain requires an enormous amount of energy sharing it is liberating.
Carly Simon
Image
I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.
Carly Simon
Image
You're so vain. I bet you think this song is about you.
Carly Simon
Image
A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.
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
Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins.
Carly Simon
Image
I took it to heart that in order to be a good person you never said anything mean about anybody.
Carly Simon
Image
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.
Carly Simon
Image
Don't mind if I fall apart. There's more room in a broken heart.
Carly Simon