"Music is part of my oxygen, Without it I would dry up" Mention the name
Carly Simon to some people and they will probably think of one song in
particular, maybe two or three at a push, while others may remember her
for being one half of the "golden couple" of the Seventies' pop
landscape. But this is a little unjust for an artist whose career has
spanned over fifty years and counting, and during that time has amassed
a catalog of over thirty groundbreaking albums and scores of hit
singles; has composed music for theatre, movies and television; has
written not only an opera, but a series of acclaimed children's books,
and two best-selling memoirs. And we should not forget she is also the
recipient of two Grammys, a Golden Globe, and an Oscar, as well as
having countless honours bestowed on her for her accomplishments. Carly
Simon is truly a musical phenomenon. Few female artists have achieved
such a magnificent body of work; even fewer have been involved in so
many facets of the music business; and no one has written so candidly to
create an audio diary for the whole world to hear. From the moment her
mother sang lullabies to her, that musical journey takes you from a
childhood fraught with anxieties and phobias, having to conquer
discrimination, stage fright, and life-threatening illness, to becoming
one of the most glamorous, photographed, interviewed, and successful
female artists of her generation. Not bad for a little girl who once saw
herself as an ugly "left-over sister." But this is Carly Simon, and
nobody has done it better.
