Carly Simon

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.

I think when you get married, it’s not a totally free ride – it’s not without its unglamorous periods and its fights and its angry noons and silent dawns or vice-versa.

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

Fear came in so much in my life that it did everything but completely stop me.

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!

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

These are our neighbours, our co-workers, friends’ children… the problem is closer than you think, but so is the solution.

Careful. We don’t want to learn from this.

You can do anything, but not everything.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

I am become death, shatterer of worlds.

Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.

I tell you, if you’re in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon you’re back in the tuba section. And if you want to lead the parade you’ve got to keep moving.

We all have different reasons for forgetting to breathe.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world.

It takes years to find your voice and seize your real estate.

All begins with you surrounding yourself with the right people—the good and authentic people—and “unsurrounding” yourself with the wrong people. And we both know there are plenty of wrong people in this world.

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.