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. Carly Simon Read Quote
You’re lucky you had that when you were 20. I sure didn’t. I was overweight, and I had acne. Carly Simon Read Quote
There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy – I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her. Carly Simon Read Quote
So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had. Carly Simon Read Quote
Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or ’67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic. Carly Simon Read Quote
As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me. Carly Simon Read Quote
My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything. Carly Simon Read Quote
But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers. Carly Simon Read Quote
A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars. Carly Simon Read Quote