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In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss.
Joni Mitchell
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Joni Mitchell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 7
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Once I got the open tunings for some reason, I began to get the harmonic sophistication that I heard that my musical fountain inside was excited by. Once I got some interesting chords to play with, my writing began to come.
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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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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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A little lawyer on the tube, he said, its so easy now, anyone can sue.
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All my battles were with male egos. I’m just looking for equality, not to dominate. But I want to be able to control my vision.
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I'm a method actress in my songs, which is why it's hard to sing them.
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Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do a national duty and go out and shop, surely people could begin to see what I was getting at.
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I was anti-intellectual to the nth. Basically I liked to dance and paint, and that was about it.
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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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I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep.
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I am as constant as a northern star
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I do have this reputation for being a serious person.
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Do you want - do you want - do you want to dance with me baby?
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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.
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Fame is a series of misunderstandin gs surrounding a name.
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I live in a box of paints I'm frightened by the devil And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid
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