You’re so vain. I bet you think this podcast’s about you. Don’t you? Well, if you’re Carly Simon, it IS about you. This episode covers her autobiography Boys in the Trees and tells about her childhood, her stuttering issues, her marriage to James Taylor and her rise to music stardom. She even covers who the song was actually about. Sort of.

Carly Simon was the daughter of the Simon half of publishing company Simon and Schuster. Her father was a classical pianist who had a rocky relationship with her mother. At a young age, Carly started stuttering and soon found that singing was a way to mitigate the effects of her speech impediment. She and her sister Lucy eventually started a group together, but Carly later found success as a solo artist. With the song “Let the River Run,” Simon became the first artist to win a Grammy Award, Academy Award and Golden Globe for a song composed and written and performed by a single artist.

We admire Simon for turning her weaknesses into strengths. Her whole autobiography had a “be who you are and don’t care what anyone thinks” vibe. We can totally dig it.