Carly simon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.

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