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Some turn to Jesus and some turn to heroin.
Joni Mitchell
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Joni Mitchell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 7
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Land of snap decisions, land of short attention spans, nothing is savored long enough to really understand.
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We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy.
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There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down.
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Lord, there's danger in this land, you get witch hunts and wars when church and state hold hands.
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I come from pioneer stock, developers of the West, people who went out into the wilderness and set up home with nothing but a pair of oxen.
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They'll crucify you for staying the same, and they'll crucify you for change. I'd rather be crucified for changing.
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A few drinks later you're not so choosy when the closing lights strip off the shadows on this strange new flesh you've found.
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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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