Joni Mitchell quotes - page 3

I came upon a child of god, He was walking along the road And I asked him, where are you going And this he told me: "I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm. (Joni Mitchell)
So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way. View quote
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I believe that I am male and I am female. View quote
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I hate show business. View quote
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When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here. View quote
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I'm a little young for retirement. View quote
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Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I play. It's very minimal. View quote
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I have always thought of myself as a painter derailed by circumstance. View quote
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I see bodies as individual things. View quote
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It's in my stars to invent; I was born on Madame Curie's birthday. I have this need for originals, for innovation. That's why I like Charlie Parker. View quote
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I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead. (Joni Mitchell)
When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what should be a hungry culture but you have it diminished... that's kind of disappointing. View quote
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I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions? View quote
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Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a bad time to be right. View quote
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The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and I am surprised at it, too. I thought some of Travelogue was a little heavy, but I don't think this is heavy. View quote
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My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my time to die. View quote
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I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics. Where does it go in this world? So I haven't recorded it. View quote
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I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to continue. View quote
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There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down. View quote
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Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block. View quote
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Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing. (Joni Mitchell)
You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n' roll will never die, and Neil never rocked and rolled in his life. I mean, he rocked, but he didn't roll. He has got no swing in him. View quote
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I don't like to make fluffy little songs, but now I want to make some light songs. View quote
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White rhythm is waltzes, marches, and the polka. In Africa, rhythm is used for a celebratory groove, but white rhythm doesn't have such an enormous vocabulary of spirits. It's basically militant. View quote
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Americans have decided to be stupid and shallow since 1980. View quote
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