Carly Simon

I’ve sworn never to read any reviews ever again except those that are pointed out to me as nice ones. I would say that most of us who are considered in the artist realm just take it so terribly, and, you know, it can kill ya!

I think I had the best of James [Taylor]. I mean, I was so in love with him. Not with blinders on – I was in love with him because he is a remarkable man, and he gave me a tremendous amount.

You can repeat the mistakes of your parents’ marriage or you can go out of your way not to repeat them.

Music brought me closer to the idea of God.

I grew up not understanding what was true and what was not true. It gave me a sense of unreality.

I always live in some kind of anticipation of something good happening.

I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people, women, that they can’t control their bodies.

No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half its citizens.

I will be phenomenal to the women. I mean, I want to help women.

Number one, I have great respect for women. I was the one that really broke the glass ceiling on behalf of women, more than anybody in the construction industry.

Only a woman can breathe under the water of life defying gravity and staying zen while doing it.

It’s work having a vagina. Guys don’t think that it’s work but it is. You think it shows up like that to the event? It doesn’t. Every night it’s like getting it ready for its first Quinceanera, believe me.

If we want our daughters to dream bigger than we did we still have work to do.

A feminist is a person who believes in the power of women just as much as they believe in the power of anyone else. It’s equality, it’s fairness, and I think it’s a great thing to be a part of.

If we are going to see real development in the world then our best investment is women.

I just love bossy women. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It mans somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind leading.

I do respect them; I have great respect for women. In fact, one of the reasons ‘The Apprentice’ was such a successful show for so many years, the audience of women was fantastic.

So early in our lives we are shushed. And not just directly shushed but sometimes in our lives we’re treated too preciously. We may have a father that loves us and treats us like a doll. They don’t treat us like real beings and equal partners.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.

Being a feminist is being equal to what a man do

I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.