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My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention.
Joni Mitchell
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Joni Mitchell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 7
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I got in before SoHo was SoHo. It was just Little Italy when I was in there. It's still off the touristy track. It's just away from the Saturday action, the crowds and everything. It's too expensive. It's insane. You've got to be a billionaire to live on Manhattan now.
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Give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees, please.
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I could drink a case of you, darlin'...and I would still be on my feet, yes I would still be on my feet.
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The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music.
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Laughing and crying, you know it's the same release.
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Fly silly sea bird, no dreams can possess you, no voices can blame you for sun on your wings.
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My childhood was very difficult. I had every childhood disease and then some, but my parents didnt mollycoddle me. They left me to fight those battles on my own. I guess that was very Canadian, very stoic. But its 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.
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I'm a painter first, and a musician second.
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Yesterday a child came out to wonder Caught a dragonfly inside a jar Fearful when the sky was full of thunder And tearful at the falling of a star
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I can't remember anything I ever wrote.
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The only thing I have to give to make you smile, to win you with, are all the mornings still to live.
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