Carly Simon Conquered Stuttering With Singing.

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22-10-2007 20:01

I almost always couldn't say H's. Then there were some days that it was S's and some that it was T's.

"So I became this walking thesaurus. You learn to supply yourself with substitute words you won't trip over."

Simon feels sure here stuttering secret has a large part to play in her legendary stage fright, which has hampered her career: "I'm almost positive it did. Because as a kid I was so frightened in class that when I was going to be called on, my terror would strike. And that became true later, onstage.".

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