Joni Mitchell quotes - page 4

My first four albums covered the usual youth problems - looking for love in all the wrong places - while the next five are basically about being in your 30s. (Joni Mitchell)
My individual, psychological descent coincided, ironically, with my ascent into the public eye. View quote
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The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music. View quote
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I lost my daughter at 21. I had to give her up because I was broke, no place to take her, no money to take her. That was very traumatic. View quote
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I'd had a rough childhood. View quote
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What I do is unusual: chordal movements that have never been used before, changing keys and modalities mid-song. View quote
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When I began experimenting, people weren't ready for it. Once it's in its second and third generational stages, people can accept it. View quote
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Van Gogh was impulsive. View quote
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In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss. View quote
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My family could only afford to get me the box of eight Crayola crayons, but I craved the one with all 24 colours. I wanted magenta and turquoise and silver and gold. View quote
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Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle, and I stopped! (Joni Mitchell)
I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look and a willingness to cooperate. View quote
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You wake up one day and suddenly realize that your youth is behind you, even though you're still young at heart. View quote
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I always thought the women of song don't get along, and I don't know why that is. View quote
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When the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it's time for artists to make their mark. View quote
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I learned a woman is never an old woman. View quote
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Rachmaninoff made a musician out of me. His 'Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini' was the piece that sent me into raptures. It spoke to me. To me, it was a tender entreaty for the misunderstood. View quote
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The God of the Old Testament is the depiction of evil. View quote
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Augustine, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath are confessional writers and all three make me sick. I have nothing in common with them. View quote
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Drag wasn't always counterculture. View quote
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My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention. (Joni Mitchell)
We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free radio stations and I noticed that during their war coverage they were playing these songs born out of the Vietnam War that were all critical of the soldiers. View quote
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I come from pioneer stock, developers of the West, people who went out into the wilderness and set up home with nothing but a pair of oxen. View quote
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An unhappy mother does not raise a happy child. View quote
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My life came down to being a granny and watching a lot of television. View quote
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