Carly Simon

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four. ”

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. ”

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

We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure. ”

You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't want to be a poster child; but on the other, I want to do something classy and great - something where the residuals will go to the cause. ”

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. ”

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