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

Quote by Carly Simon

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One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to...

One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to...

I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go...

I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go...

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

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

I think that most people really know if it's a really great album.

I think that most people really know if it's a really great album.

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

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

No, because I've never really changed my style that much.

No, because I've never really changed my style that much.

You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that...

You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that...

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

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

It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face...

It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face...

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I...

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I...

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't...

You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't...

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

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

I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never...

I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never...

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of...

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of...

I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my...

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my...

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other...

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other...

You're lucky you had that when you were 20. I sure didn't. I was overweight,...

You're lucky you had that when you were 20. I sure didn't. I was overweight,...

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then...

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then...