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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 like my freedom. I like to do my own grocery shopping. People do recognize you. They are kind of shocked. Some people like it. It makes them feel at ease. It confirms their hopes that you are in fact similar to them.
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Just before our love got lost you said I am as constant as a northern star And I said, constantly in the darkness, Where's that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar.
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In terms of fiction, I'd rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time.
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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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When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here.
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A little lawyer on the tube, he said, its so easy now, anyone can sue.
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Do you want - do you want - do you want to dance with me baby?
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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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You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining.
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Oh it gets so lonely When you're walking And the streets are full of strangers
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Morgellons is constantly morphing. There are times when it's directly attacking the nervous system, as if you're being bitten by fleas and lice. It's all in the tissue and it's not a hallucination. It was eating me alive, sucking the juices out. I've been sick all my life.
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I certainly don't want to be an angry old artist.
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You wake up one day and suddenly realize that your youth is behind you, even though you're still young at heart.
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Because Elvis gave 'em cars, you think I'm cheap.
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