Carly Simon

As a child I used to read Gone with the Wind over and over again. I wanted to be Scarlett O’Hara. I never wanted to believe that it was possible that there could be infidelity. I never wanted to be believe that it was even possible for a man to look another way, even for a moment. My bubble of monogamy was pierced in a harsh way.

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!

[Ben Taylor] He is an interesting combination of the two of us. His voice box is more like mine but the way his tongue sits in his mouth, and the way he pronounces words, is just like James Taylor.

There are a few things that were just sheer, unadulterated joy, like the birth of my children.

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

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

Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.

You have to name it to claim it.

Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.

You are your own most important resource for making your life work. Life rewards action. Until your knowledge, awareness, insights, and understandings are translated into action, they are of no value.

You almost never get the pleasure of seeing that you won the argument in real time. People just don’t like to publicly change their minds. They change their minds in private.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.

If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient.

Flawed and (still) worthy.

Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.

What a guy, what a fool am I, to think my breaking heart could kid the moon.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking.