#in

You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what I feel like - that part of the old is coming through the new. ↗

— Carly Simon

#canvas #coming #discover #feel #i

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

— Carly Simon

#inspiring #look #tell #until #usually

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

— Carly Simon

#classical #everything #father #just #mother

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage. ↗

— Carly Simon

#always #because #being #i #nervous

One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside. ↗

— Carly Simon

#any #cause #desire #get #inside

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't. ↗

— Carly Simon

#every #i #make #never #personal

A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy. ↗

— David Simon

#anger #behalf #deserving #empathy #good

It seems that in Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in America, jurors are far more reluctant to convict criminal defendants than in the suburban enclaves that ring the city. ↗

— David Simon

#baltimore #cities #city #convict #criminal

Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#gives #knowledge #more #new #new knowledge

On a practical level I'm a TV producer and storyteller who's gone about as long as you can go without achieving a mass audience. ↗

— David Simon

#achieving #audience #go #gone #i