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I came through folk music simply because it was easy to get into it.

Joni Mitchell

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Joni Mitchell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 7
Guitarist
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Painter
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Roberta Joan Anderson
Roberta Joan Joni Mitchell
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