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You've got to keep the child alive you can't create without it.

Joni Mitchell

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Joni Mitchell
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 7
Guitarist
Musician
Painter
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Record Producer
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Roberta Joan Anderson
Roberta Joan Joni Mitchell
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