Carly Simon

Music gave me the energy to revise, revive myself; renew, rebirth myself. It was a palliative, a relief.

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

I’m constantly reemerging in my life.

There ain’t no freedom when you’ve got a worrying mind.

Music brought me closer to the idea of God.

There was a lot of charm in just living in a big family compound of a house. My two uncles, who were into jazz, lived in the basement, and one of them, Uncle Peter, taught me my first songs on the ukulele.

Of the delights of this world, man cares most for sexual intercourse. He will go to any length for it-risk fortune, character, reputation, life itself.

If I’m not interested in a woman, I’m straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, ‘I can’t do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!’

He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking.

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well — he has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun.

“They stood there pretending to be just friends when all the while everyone in the room could plainly see that they were only existing for each other.

There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you’re dealing with bills and kids and the broken garbage disposal and in-laws and work demands. That’s a normal marriage.

Friendship, ‘the wine of life,’ said Boswell, should, like a well-stocked cellar, be thus continually renewed. And Dr. Johnson added to this A man, Sir, should keep his friendships in constant repair.

Dear Ladies: You should never need to prove to other women that he’s in love with you. That’s his job.

Your experience will be a lesson to all of us men to be careful not to marry ladies in very high positions.

Good friends are good for your health.

What truly made me fall in love with Barack Obama was his character.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Don’t base a relationship on sex. You need love, compassion and caring. Then sex can be a reflection of that.

Good sex is like good bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand.

One day it just hit me. This is it. You are not in love. So either stay in it because you have a child or be brave and find the man of your dreams and marry him for real.