Quotes from Carly Simon

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.

I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

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

So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.

Undoubtedly, Patsy Cline was a trailblazer and in that respect, all women who are singular in a man's field have a special power.

We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure.

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.

You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't want to be a poster child; but on the other, I want to do something classy and great - something where the residuals will go to the cause.

Everyone has problems, and learning to share them is essential. Hiding pain requires an enormous amount of energy; sharing it is liberating.

Life is a dream even in its most painful moments, it's a dream that we can dance to.

I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.

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

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

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

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

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

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

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 haven't got time for the pain.

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.

Being in this business for as long as I've been in it, it's sort of like living in a town or a city before the war and then after the war and then during the reconstruction and then during the time that it sprawls out to the malls.

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