Top 39 Quotes by Carly Simon

But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers.

We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big.

I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody.

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music.

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins.

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.

You're lucky you had that when you were 20. I sure didn't. I was overweight, and I had acne.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.

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.