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Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Canadian Musician
Born: Nov 7, 1943
Me Music People Time World You
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For the first time in my career, I'm working in a fine-arts arena, so I'm finally getting some intelligent reviews. Joni Mitchell
Time First Finally Some Arena First Time Reviews Intelligent Getting Working Career
When I began experimenting, people weren't ready for it. Once it's in its second and third generational stages, people can accept it. Joni Mitchell
People Once Generational Accept Ready Were Began Stages Experimenting Second Third
I always thought the women of song don't get along, and I don't know why that is. Joni Mitchell
Women Song Thought Along Know Always Get Why
Augustine, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath are confessional writers and all three make me sick. I have nothing in common with them. Joni Mitchell
Me Three Nothing Sick Writers Anne Make Augustine Common Them
I see bodies as individual things. Joni Mitchell
See Individual Bodies Things
In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss. Joni Mitchell
Music Writing Gift Ways Out Some Born Loss Tragedy Really
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. Joni Mitchell
Home People Nothing Wilderness Out Developers Come West Up Stock Pioneer Oxen Who Pair Set
I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra.' He gets a bad rap; he's very misunderstood. He's a maker of individuals, and he was a teacher of teachers. Joni Mitchell
Teacher Hero Melodies Rap Bad Bad Rap He Individuals Spoke Thus Maker Misunderstood Very Debussy Gets Romantic Anything Loved Teachers Chopin Stravinsky Nietzsche
I'm a night owl. Joni Mitchell
Owl Night
The God of the Old Testament is the depiction of evil. Joni Mitchell
God Old Evil Testament Depiction Old Testament
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. Joni Mitchell
Music Saying Business People Looking Music Business Willingness Someone Longer Talent Look Heard Want Certain Cooperate
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. Joni Mitchell
War Together Creativity Listening Free Soldiers Stations Out Critical Some Born Had Songs Put Were Coverage Vietnam Noticed Vietnam War Meantime Radio Radio Stations Playing Compilation
There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said. Joni Mitchell
World Enrich Said Confess Things Need
Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And sometimes I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep. Joni Mitchell
Time Myself Sometimes Painting Busy Think Guard Desperately Eat Obsessive Because Forget Irresponsible Order Paint Painter Career Sleep
But I have a tremendous will to live and a tremendous 'joie de vivre,' alternating with irritability. Joni Mitchell
Will Live Tremendous
When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here. Joni Mitchell
World Young Every California Came Person Wanted Young Person Planet Mecca Here
Van Gogh was impulsive. Joni Mitchell
Van Van Gogh Gogh Impulsive
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. Joni Mitchell
Best You Culture Diminished Hungry Kind Disappointing Stuff Pass Trying Should
Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a bad time to be right. Joni Mitchell
Time Great Pride Everyone Deficit Say Bad Great Pride Bad Time Attention Attention Deficit Know They Say Right
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. Joni Mitchell
Best Survival Thought Beginning Think Too Some Proud Am Surprised Very Heavy Little Album
I hate show business. Joni Mitchell
Business Hate Show Show Business
Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do a national duty and go out and shop, surely people could begin to see what I was getting at. Joni Mitchell
People National Duty September Out Dream See Could Nobody Surely Understood Go Were Begin Shop Getting After
I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to continue. Joni Mitchell
Think Further Would Fine Fine Arts Go Were Continue Arts
I can't remember anything I ever wrote. Joni Mitchell
Remember Wrote Anything Ever
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. Joni Mitchell
Music Remember Closed Down Late Local Station Some Russia Because Texas Up German Mountain Get Getting Where After Used Radio Radio Station Village Night
Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing. Joni Mitchell
Writing Some Shame Him IRA Gershwin Mean
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