Explore Quotes by Carly Simon

There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.

The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.

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

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...I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.

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.

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

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

I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee.

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