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I was young for my age. Not as naïve as they expected. I don't know why I seem to bring that out in people.
Joni Mitchell
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Joni Mitchell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 7
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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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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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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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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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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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Americans have decided to be stupid and shallow since 1980.
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I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to continue.
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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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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'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person that's the nature of the work I do.
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I'm a painter first, and a musician second.
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You snipe so steady, you snub so snide, so rip and ready to diminish and deride.
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So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way.
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Some turn to Jesus and some turn to heroin.
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