Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan AndersonNovember 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter.
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? Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the human animal. Use this quote
The thing that gave me the most pain in life, psychologically, and it gave me tremendous pain psychologically, is man's disrespect for nature. Use this quote
I'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person; that's the nature of the work I do. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss. Use this quote
To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality. Use this quote
