57 Joni Mitchell Quotes for You to Enjoy

Joni Mitchell

Canadian Musician

Born: Nov 7, 1943

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I know my generation - a lot of them, they're getting old now, and they want to think back fondly, they want to kid themselves. A lot of them think, 'Yeah, we were the best.' That's the kiss of death. That's non-growth. And also that's very bad for the world. Joni Mitchell

Death Best Generation World Old Kiss Getting Old Think Back Kid Bad My Generation Fondly Know Also Yeah Were Lot Very Getting Want Them Themselves Now

My heart is broken in the face of the stupidity of my species. Joni Mitchell

Broken Heart Stupidity Face Species

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy. Joni Mitchell

War Democracy People Way Say Threaten Something He Like Him Dictator Any Elected Who Resemblance Even

Fame is a series of misunderstandings surrounding a name. Joni Mitchell

Name Misunderstandings Fame Surrounding Series

I thrive on change. That's probably why my chord changes are weird, because chords depict emotions. They'll be going along on one key and I'll drop off a cliff, and suddenly they will go into a whole other key signature. That will drive some people crazy, but that's how my life is. Joni Mitchell

Life Crazy Change People Emotions Key Will Some People My Life Thrive Drive Drop Other Changes Signature Some Weird Along Because Cliff How Go Off Going Depict Whole Chord Chords Suddenly Why

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell. Joni Mitchell

Sympathy Tell Easy Sorrow Hard Express

I sing my sorrow, and I paint my joy. Joni Mitchell

Joy Sing Sorrow Paint

This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms. Joni Mitchell

Lie Nation Lost Out Ability Self-Critical Freedoms Makes

America is in a runaway-train position and dragging all the world with it. It's grotesquely mentally ill. Joni Mitchell

World All The World Mentally America Ill Dragging Position

I get the same charge from juxtaposition of colors as I do from juxtaposition of chords. Joni Mitchell

Charge Colors Get Same Juxtaposition Chords

My childhood was very difficult. I had every childhood disease and then some, but my parents didn't mollycoddle me. They left me to fight those battles on my own. I guess that was very Canadian, very stoic. But it's good. I had to become a warrior. I had to give up hope and find a substitute for hope that would be far more stable. Joni Mitchell

Hope Good Me Fight Parents Become Own Warrior Difficult Every Guess Those Battles Would Would-Be Find Some Give My Own More Had Left Up Very Canadian Stoic Disease Stable Childhood Substitute Far Then