Carly Simon — American Musician born on June 25, 1945,

Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician and children's author. She first rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation", "You Belong To Me", "Coming Around Again", and her four Gold certified singles "Jesse", "Mockingbird", a duet with James Taylor, "You're So Vain", and "Nobody Does It Better" from the 1977 James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me... (wikipedia)

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.
We need role models who are going to break the mold.
As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.
I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.
You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.