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Carly Simon Quotes

American - Musician | June 25, 1945 -

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

Fashion Mature Sense Happened Had

Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic.

Thought Everyone Well Get Deal Too

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

Year Sometimes Write Lived Started

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.

Music Start Sometimes Write Take

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.

Father Mother Everything Singer Just

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

American Jazz See Big Theater Very

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

Radio Brothers Listened Bill

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

Myself Easy Always Standards Sing

I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.

Comfortable My Own More Standards

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

Song Personal Never Well Chosen

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.

Face Black Now Way Matter Singer

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

Nervous Always Being Because About

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