TAVIS SMILEY | Guest: Carly Simon | PBS

Carly Simon and Tavis share stories about how they overcame childhood stuttering.

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Music

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• carly
• simon
• stuttering
• music
• italian
• speak
• with
• rhythm
• stammering
• speech
• impediment
• martin
• luther
• king
• jr.
• cadence
• tavis

[Luigi072071]

carly is so intellegent

[Luigi072071]

carly is so intellegent pure talent

[Leon612]

I'm in college and I stutter, and it can really be tough.

[Seasass]

@bushhater99 Amen to that. JT put on the poor, sensitive boy act pretty well, but in addition to being an addict, he was a floozy slut. When Carly was about to tell him the news that she was pregnant with their second child, he stole her thunder by revealing that he had experienced "a road accident" (i.e., picked up a sexually transmitted infection from a roadie).

[bushhater99]

@123christop

huh, that was amusing to you? i thought that was an interesting story carly told because stammering is much less common in women than men, and she didnt belabor the point, unlike emersonloser who apparently uses butter in his gay lifestyle.

[bushhater99]

@bookkeeper57

do you mean kunkel who she was engaged to from 84 to 85, whos 3 years younger than her and played punk rock with jackson browne? also, she had bigger hits than druggie bitch taylor before she ever met him. the clown is a psycho who went to high school at a mental hospital and was a heroin addict from then until after she dumped his sorry, untalented ass. she would have been better off with mick jagger or warren beatty, or anyone.

[forgetfulmuse]

@AnnaLeePechak She asked him for his story, he wasn't trying to one up her at all. It's called having a conversation.

[AnnaLeePechak]

Well, are we supposed to be impressed with Tavis' story? That is nice that he got inspired by the great MLKing Jr. for his speech problem, but come on.....don't try to 'trumph' Carly's story on TV. That is rude! She might as well have not shared anything with him!!!!

[coolsweetgroovy]

@bookkeeper57 Really? I think Joni Mitchell would of used JT as an ashtray

[coolsweetgroovy]

@aintchomama Excuse me? Tavis is class

[coolsweetgroovy]

@bookkeeper57 Really? Joni Mitchell to me probably would have used James Taylor as an ashtray

[IggyM]

Love her :)