Carly Simon
Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simonis an American singer-songwriter, musician and children's author. She first rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation", "You Belong To Me", "Coming Around Again", and her four Gold certified singles "Jesse", "Mockingbird", a duet with James Taylor, "You're So Vain", and "Nobody Does It Better"from the 1977 James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth25 June 1945
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I feel that if John Wilkes Booth hadn't shot Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln would have come through his pain and emerged like Livingston has. This album was made with the wisdom that comes from allowing yourself to be recklessly entwined with your agony and sorrow.
One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside.
I haven't got time for the pain.
Life is a dream even in its most painful moments, it's a dream that we can dance to.
Everyone has problems, and learning to share them is essential. Hiding pain requires an enormous amount of energy; sharing it is liberating.
You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what I feel like - that part of the old is coming through the new.
The punishment doesn't fit the crime. I've done everything I can to get him out, or at least get him a fairer trial.
possibly one of the best in the world. The Americans have a slightly different handicap system, so it's difficult to tell. But what she's done so far is phenomenal.
Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic.
Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs.
No, because I've never really changed my style that much.
No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.
But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers.
In other words, I built on what I had.