No, because I was always nervous about being onstage. Carly Simon More Quotes by Carly Simon More Quotes From Carly Simon 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 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. Carly Simon emotional strong thinking Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four. Carly Simon four done years We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big. Carly Simon jazz musical bigs 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. Carly Simon my-boyfriend writing song There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her. Carly Simon dresses trying looks We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure. Carly Simon pleasure shapes trying I used the physical scar of my breast cancer operation, the scar that I have across my chest as a metaphor for all kinds of scars. Carly Simon scar cancer kind I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17. Carly Simon terrible speak You're so vain. I bet you think this song is about you. Carly Simon popular-song song thinking I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say. Carly Simon peculiar trying thinking He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums. Carly Simon punishment giving years But I'm lost when it comes to you. Carly Simon lost love It's like The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat, about the discovery of penicillin. Out of these strange accidents come huge discoveries. A certain purple bleeds into red and all of a sudden you have something unexpected. Carly Simon purple magic discovery So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had. Carly Simon happened fashion mature 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. Carly Simon cities war long I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves. Carly Simon albums song thinking I have confirmed the second verse is Warren. Carly Simon entertainment You're lucky you had that when you were 20. I sure didn't. I was overweight, and I had acne. Carly Simon sure you acne lucky No, because I've never really changed my style that much. Carly Simon because never style changed
