Top 39 Quotes by Carly Simon

The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.

We need role models who are going to break the mold.

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

You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.

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.

I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go to someplace that seems like a revelation or a strong connection to an emotional truth.

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.

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

Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs.