The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back. Joni Mitchell Read Quote
I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect. Joni Mitchell Read Quote
I’m irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep. Joni Mitchell Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My parents told me I’d point to a bed of flowers and say ‘Pink. Pretty,’ before I knew any other words. Joni Mitchell Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
