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Quotes by Joni Mitchell
- I came through folk music simply because it was easy to get into it.
- 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.
- I conceived in art college at the age of 20, near the end of term.
- 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?
- I find a lot of poetry to be narcissistic.
- I hate show business.
- 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.
- 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.
- I see music as fluid architecture.
- I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect.
- I'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person that's the nature of the work I do.
- In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss.
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