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

~Carly Simon

Topics: Back Inspiring Look Tell Until You

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

~Carly Simon

Topics: Acne Had Lucky Overweight Sure Were You

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There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.

~Carly Simon

Topics: Dress French Hardy Her Like Look Pictures Singer Try Used

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

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Topics: Because Fashion Had Happened Mature Sense Slightly Suppose

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

~Carly Simon

Topics: Deal Eclectic Everyone Get Record Record Deal Thought Too Tried Well I Tried

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

~Carly Simon

Topics: France Lived Sometimes Songs Started Write Year

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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.

~Carly Simon

Topics: Boyfriend Local Lyrics Melody Music Other Poem Put Scratch Sometimes Start Take Times Would Write

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

~Carly Simon

Topics: Annie Became Big Collins Judy Lee Peggy Stage Then Through

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

~Carly Simon

Topics: Came Clothes Eventually Hats Me Out Singer Tried Voices I Tried

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

~Carly Simon

Topics: About Classical Everything Father Just Mother Pianist Singer

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: June 25th, 1945

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