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I'm not a pitiable creature. It's just that I suffer very eloquently.

Joni Mitchell

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Joni Mitchell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 7
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I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with Thus Spoke Zarathustra. He gets a bad rap hes very misunderstood. Hes a maker of individuals, and he was a teacher of teachers.
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