Everyone has problems, and learning to share them is essential. Hiding pain requires an enormous amount of energy; sharing it is liberating. Carly Simon More Quotes by Carly Simon More Quotes From Carly Simon I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs. Carly Simon standards stills song Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins. Carly Simon annie stage bigs My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow. Carly Simon arrows beautiful looks The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s. Carly Simon folks rocks singers I took it to heart that in order to be a good person; you never said anything mean about anybody. Carly Simon heart order mean Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way. Carly Simon worrying-too-much ears people 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. Carly Simon warrior cancer fighting We change our opinions of ourselves so often. What the outside world thinks is only a small part of our image. Carly Simon opinion world thinking I haven't got time for the pain. Carly Simon sadness pain havens Undoubtedly, Patsy Cline was a trailblazer and in that respect, all women who are singular in a man's field have a special power. Carly Simon fields special men 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. Carly Simon singers black matter 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. Carly Simon singers radio artist You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude. Carly Simon cancer attitude long I grew up not understanding what was true and what was not true. It gave me a sense of unreality. I was told that this man [mom's lover] was not my mother's lover - when he was. I was told he was there as a male babysitter for my brother so that he would learn sports and other manly things. Carly Simon mom mother sports The advancements that women have made are very threatening to men in the job place. There haven't been that many women in politics. If you look at the conventions, it's kind of pathetic how many men are the heads of companies. On the other hand, I'm not sure what the reality should be. Carly Simon jobs men reality I'm a little old-fashioned - I like it when the man opens the door and I like it when a man pays for me. I particularly like it when they pay for dinner or whatever, because I've pretty much done the opposite, but for the exception of James [Taylor], where we split everything down the middle. I've been the larger money earner in practically all of my relationships. There's equality and there are positive differences, which are complimentary. Carly Simon differences doors men I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing. Carly Simon standards easy song I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo. Carly Simon mastectomy My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything. Carly Simon singers mother father 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. Carly Simon sister singing dresses
